Large Right Atrial Thrombus Associated with Central Venous Catheter Requiring Open Heart Surgery

Central venous catheters (CVC) are used commonly in clinical practice. Incidences of CVC-related right atrial thrombosis (CRAT) are variable, but, when right atrial thrombus is present, it carries a mortality risk of 18% in hemodialysis patients and greater than 40% risk in nonhemodialysis patients....

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Autores principales: Nasir Hussain, Paul Eric Shattuck, Mourad Hussein Senussi, Erwin Velasquez Kho, Mubeenkhan Mohammedabdul, Devang K. Sanghavi, Usman Mustafa, Arvind Balavenkataraman, Dragic M. Obradovic
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Colección:Case Reports in Medicine
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/501303
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