Open AccessAtrial tamponade causing acute ischemic hepatic injury after cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Delgado C.,
Barturen F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960220319
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , cardiology , surgery , anesthesia
A patient developed late cardiac tamponade after aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting. Nausea and dramatic elevations of serum aminotransferases were the initial clinical manifestations of cardiac tamponade. Severe acute ischemic hepatic injury secondary to isolated compression of both atrial cavities by two loculated thrombi was diagnosed.