Open AccessA giant hematoma in the left atrial wall; A rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention
Author(s) -
Mehmet Emre Özpelit,
Nihat Pekel,
Akar Yılmaz,
Caner Topaloğlu,
Erkan Melih Şahi̇n
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-6012
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2016.05.003
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , hematoma , percutaneous coronary intervention , percutaneous , cardiology , radiology , surgery , myocardial infarction
Left atrial intramural hematoma (LAIH) is a rare complication of the percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) which can cause severe hemodynamic instability. In this report a patient with a giant LAIH presenting with an acute cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is summarized
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