"Acute pseudo-pericardial tamponade": the compression of the thoracal inferior vena cava – a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a case of 68-year-old woman which was admitted to our hospital for mitral valve replacement (MVR), in whom acute compresion of the vena cava inferior developed after repair of lacerated atrio-caval junction with hemostatic tissue sealant, biologic glu...

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Main Authors: Kaya Kaan, Cavolli Raif, Elalmis Altay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/9