A rare cause of right atrial mass: thrombus formation and infection complicating a ventriculoatrial shunt for hydrocephalus
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 1999
Yazarlar: Oğuz YAVUZGİL, Filiz ÖZERKAN ÇAKAN, U ERTURK, S ISLEKEL, Yüksel ATAY, S BUKET
Surgical Neurology, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 1999, cilt 52, ss 54-55
DOI: 10.1016/s0090-3019(99)00044-0
Özet
BACKGROUND Thrombus formation around the intracardiac end of the catheter, thromboembolism, and infection are the most important and life-threatening complications of ventriculoatrial shunts. In this article we report a patient with a large right atrial mass that was diagnosed by 2-D echocardiogram and removed via standard median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass.