Traumatic Rupture of the Left Atrial Appendage: Perioperative Management and Echocardiographic Challenges

Rohesh J Fernando; Brittany Y Anderson; John G T Augoustides; Elizabeth Zhou; Brian Radvansky; Bryan E Marchant; Benjamin E Morris; Stuart J Weiss; Prakash A Patel

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.036

Traumatic Rupture of the Left Atrial Appendage: Perioperative Management and Echocardiographic Challenges

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Apr;34(4):1074-1081. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.036. Epub 2020 Jan 8.

Authors

Rohesh J Fernando¹, Brittany Y Anderson¹, John G T Augoustides², Elizabeth Zhou³, Brian Radvansky³, Bryan E Marchant⁴, Benjamin E Morris⁴, Stuart J Weiss³, Prakash A Patel³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC.
² Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.
³ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care Division, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC.

PMID: 32033887
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.036

No abstract available

Keywords: blunt trauma; cardiac injury; cardiopulmonary bypass; left atrial rupture; pericardial tamponade; transesophageal echocardiography; transthoracic echocardiography.

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Rupture