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Right‐to‐Left Atrial Shunting with Normal Intracardiac Pressures following Cardiac Surgery: Pathophysiology and Management
Author(s) -
Brugts J.J.,
Liesting C.,
Kofflard M.J.M.,
van den Bos E.J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01362.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , shunting , cardiology , aortic dissection , cardiac surgery , dissection (medical) , pathophysiology , surgery , aorta
We present a case of acute respiratory insufficiency with right‐to‐left atrial shunting under normal intracardiac pressures discovered several days after aortic surgery for aortic dissection. We discuss the possible mechanisms and management of right‐to‐left atrial shunting through an atrial septum defect with normal intracardiac pressures following cardiac surgery. (J Card Surg 2012;27:335–337)