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. 1994;21(3):225–227.

Isolated right atrial compression as a late sequela of aortic valve replacement.

B A Grishkin 1, P W Catalano 1, M A Watts 1
PMCID: PMC325170  PMID: 8000271

Abstract

Isolated right atrial compression occurred 31 months after aortic valve replacement. Aortic bleeding contained by adjacent pericardium produced a pseudoaneurysm and local atrial tamponade. Transthoracic echocardiography could not distinguish the extracardiac hematoma from an intra-atrial thrombus, temporarily misleading investigators.

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