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Complete left atrial obliteration due to localized tamponade after coronary artery perforation during PTCA

✍ Scribed by Dardas, Petros S. ;Tsikaderis, Dimitris D. ;Makrigiannakis, Kostas ;Saripoulos, Panagiotis ;Toumbouras, Michalis

Book ID: 101243549
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 153 KB
Volume: 45
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199809)45:1<61::aid-ccd14>3.0.co;2-o

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✦ Synopsis

Coronary artery perforation is a rare but important complication of percutaneous revascularization (PTCA). Clinical events following coronary perforation may include cardiac tamponade. After bypass graft operation (CABG), however, cardiac tamponade with subsequent hemodynamic instability is unusual due to the development of pericardial adhesions. We report an unusual case of localized tamponade after coronary artery perforation during PTCA in a patient with previous CABG. Cathet.