Pericardial hematoma after cardiac surgery: An unexpected cause of constrictive pericarditis.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Özyüncü, Nil; Güleç, Buse; Esenboğa, Kerim; Turhan, Sibel
- Source
- Anatolian Journal of Cardiology / Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi. Nov2020, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p343-344. 2p.
- Subject
- *CARDIAC surgery
*PERICARDITIS
*HEMATOMA
*VENA cava inferior
*PREOPERATIVE risk factors
*INTERNATIONAL normalized ratio
*CARDIAC tamponade
- Language
- ISSN
- 2149-2263
The article presents a case study of a 60-year-old male patient who was admitted to the hospital due to progressive dyspnea on exertion and right-sided heart failure symptoms. Topics include examines that thorax computerized tomography (CT) and echocardiography's are carried out during the postoperative follow-up displayed organized hematoma at the posterior side of the left atrium and ventricle.