title: Intramural left atrial hematoma after aortocoronary artery surgery.
abstract: We report the occurrence of an intraoperative left atrial hematoma during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Echocardiography proved to be of great help in diagnosis and monitoring of this patient. After severe hemodynamic impairment the patient recovered and could be transferred on postoperative day eight. Follow-up examination showed no signs of atrial pathologies. Differential diagnosis and echocardiographic findings are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors report the utility of transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis and management of an intramural left atrial hematoma during coronary artery surgery.
authors: *Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Lainz Hospital, †Surgical Department, Lainz Hospital, and the ‡Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Economics of Medicine in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Iulian
authors: I
authors: Musat
authors: Cornelia
authors: C
authors: Hieber
authors: Anton
authors: A
authors: Kepka
authors: Petrus
authors: P
authors: Novotny
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Poslussny
authors: Sylvia
authors: S
authors: Schwarz
authors: Robert D
authors: RD
authors: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*