Abrupt formation and spontaneous resolution of a right atrial thrombus detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during replacement of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Intraoperative formation of a thrombus in the right atrium and its management has occasionally been reported. However, spontaneous resolution of right atrial thrombi, without any event, is rare. We report a case of abrupt right atrial thrombus formation and spontaneous resolution, with no events, detected by transesophageal echocardiography during the replacement of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-729, Korea.
Tae-Yun
TY
Sung
Seong-Hyop
SH
Kim
Duk-Kyung
DK
Kim
Tae-Gyoon
TG
Yoon
Tae-Yop
TY
Kim
Jeong-Ae
JA
Lim
Nam-Sik
NS
Woo
D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003250:Constriction; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*