We present the case of a 79-year-old man suffering from chronic atrial fibrillation, severe left ventricular dysfunction, massive right atrial thrombosis, and pulmonary hypertension. Complete coronary sinus thrombosis was found incidentally during preoperative screening. Successful coronary sinus, right atrial, and pulmonary operative embolectomy was followed soon after by a dramatic improvement of cardiac performance; the patient's left ventricular function recovery, in particular, suggests that cardiac venous system played an important role in the genesis of myocardial impairment. (C) 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Neri, E., Tripodi, A., Tucci, E., Capannini, G., Sassi, C. (2000). Dramatic improvement of LV function after coronary sinus thromboembolectomy. THE ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, 70(3), 961-963 [10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01639-8].
Dramatic improvement of LV function after coronary sinus thromboembolectomy
Neri E.;Tripodi A.;Sassi C.
2000-01-01
Abstract
We present the case of a 79-year-old man suffering from chronic atrial fibrillation, severe left ventricular dysfunction, massive right atrial thrombosis, and pulmonary hypertension. Complete coronary sinus thrombosis was found incidentally during preoperative screening. Successful coronary sinus, right atrial, and pulmonary operative embolectomy was followed soon after by a dramatic improvement of cardiac performance; the patient's left ventricular function recovery, in particular, suggests that cardiac venous system played an important role in the genesis of myocardial impairment. (C) 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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