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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Oct 2011
Case ReportsRight atrial thrombus migrating to the superior vena cava during surgery.
- Dennis F D van de Gevel, HamadMohamed A SolimanMA, Jacques Schönberger, Jan-Melle van Dantzig, and Albert H M van Straten.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2011 Oct 1; 19 (5): 363-6.
AbstractFree-floating right heart thrombi are extremely mobile structures that carry a very high mortality rate. We describe a case of pulmonary embolism with a free-floating right heart thrombus that migrated to the superior vena cava during the institution of cardiopulmonary bypass.
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