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. 2021 Mar 8;60(16):2627–2631. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.6800-20

Table.

Clinical Description of CEIHs Developed over More than One Year after Open-heart Surgery.

Reference
number
Country Age Sex Type of
surgery
Number of
hematoma
Cardiac
chamber
affected
Chief symptom Size of
hematoma
(mm)
Duration from
surgery to
removal
2 USA 35 M AVR+MVR 1 RA Left-sided HF Not described 31 months
6 Japan 63 M AVR 2 LA, LV Left-sided HF Not described 8 years
7 Japan 63 F DORV repair 1 LA, LV Left-sided HF 88×66 14 years
8 Japan 85 M CABG 1 LV Left-sided HF 47×24 5 years
9 Germany 71 M CABG 1 LV Chest pain 70×40* 10 years
10 New Zealand 78 M CABG 1 RV Right-sided HF 80×50 3 years
11 Japan 74 M CABG+LV
thrombectomy
1 RV Right-sided HF 40×15* 1 year
12 India 61 M MVR 1 LV Left-sided HF 65.4×31.2 20 months
13 Japan 68 M MVP+Maze
procedure
1 LV Left-sided HF 71×39* 3 years
14 Japan 55 M CABG 1 RV Right-sided HF 50×60 8 years

* Size was measured from the figures in the prints. AVR: aortic valve replacement, MVR: mitral valve replacement, DORV: double-outlet right ventricle, CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting, LV: left ventricle, LA: left atrium, RV: right ventricle, RA: right ventricle, HR: heart failure