1. Catastrophic Intracardiac Thrombosis During Emergency Repair of an Expanding Aortic Pseudoaneurysm
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Ratna Vadlamudi, Roman M. Sniecinski, and Jay Chan
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Case Reports ,law.invention ,Fatal Outcome ,Postoperative Complications ,Aneurysm ,law ,medicine ,Coagulopathy ,Cardiopulmonary bypass ,Humans ,Cardiac Surgical Procedures ,Aorta ,Aortic pseudoaneurysm ,Cardiopulmonary Bypass ,business.industry ,Thrombosis ,General Medicine ,Heparin ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Cardiac surgery ,surgical procedures, operative ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,business ,Aneurysm, False ,Intracardiac thrombosis ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Catastrophic thrombosis is a rare but frequently fatal event following complex cardiac surgery. It is most often encountered following separation from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and reversal of heparin anticoagulation, and somewhat paradoxically, at the time when bleeding from post-CPB coagulopathy is being treated. We report the case of a 41-year-old female taken to the operating room for repair of an expanding ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm. Following a prolonged operation, she developed intracardiac thrombus during transfusion of hemostatic blood products and procoagulant agents. Potential contributing factors are discussed.
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- 2019
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