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.
Sung
Tae-Yun
TY
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-729, Korea.
Kim
Seong-Hyop
SH
Kim
Duk-Kyung
DK
Yoon
Tae-Gyoon
TG
Kim
Tae-Yop
TY
Lim
Jeong-Ae
JA
Woo
Nam-Sik
NS
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*