A rare cause of right atrial mass: thrombus formation and infection complicating a ventriculoatrial shunt for hydrocephalus
Articles > Article · 1999
Authors: Oğuz YAVUZGİL, Filiz ÖZERKAN ÇAKAN, U ERTURK, S ISLEKEL, Yüksel ATAY, S BUKET
Surgical Neurology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 1999, vol 52, pp 54-55
DOI: 10.1016/s0090-3019(99)00044-0
Summary
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.