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Volume 32, 2019 - Issue 2
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Case Studies

Massive right atrial tamponade early after coronary artery bypass grafting

Karim MahmoudDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Correspondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-6853
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Karim M. Al-AziziDivision of Interventional Cardiology, Baylor Scott & White, The Heart Hospital, Plano, Texas; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0195-4984
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Mona MahmoudDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-9685
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Vinay PallekondaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
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Shaun CardozoDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan;
, MD
Pages 259-260 | Received 02 Oct 2018, Accepted 11 Feb 2019, Published online: 28 Mar 2019
 
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Abstract

If unrecognized, tamponade after coronary artery bypass grafting can be fatal. We describe a 63-year-old man who developed unexplained hypotension and tachycardia and was found to have severe compression of the right atrial cavity by a large hematoma in the pericardial sac.

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