CASE 12--2014. Inferior vena cava compression by retroperitoneal hematoma during cardiopulmonary bypass

Kamrouz Ghadimi; William J Vernick; Jiri Horak; Jacob T Gutsche; Hasib Hanif; Georgios I Tagarakis; Richard P Whitlock; John G Augoustides

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2013.10.020

CASE 12--2014. Inferior vena cava compression by retroperitoneal hematoma during cardiopulmonary bypass

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Oct;28(5):1403-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.10.020. Epub 2014 Jan 23.

Authors

Kamrouz Ghadimi¹, William J Vernick¹, Jiri Horak¹, Jacob T Gutsche¹, Hasib Hanif², Georgios I Tagarakis³, Richard P Whitlock⁴, John G Augoustides⁵

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.

PMID: 24461363
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.10.020

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiopulmonary bypass; endocarditis; femoral arterial cannulation; retroperitoneal hematoma; safety; teamwork; transesophageal echocardiography; venous return.

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Bypass / adverse effects*
Hematoma / complications
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Retroperitoneal Space / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*