Giant left atrium encountered during right-sided thoracentesis

Giant left atrium is an uncommon pathology to encounter during bedside chest ultrasound, but is an important structure to be aware of when considering thoracentesis. This cardiac structure could easily be mistaken for loculated pleural fluid. This case also supports growing evidence that expert user...

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Autores principales: Advani, Rashmi, Galen, Benjamin T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.11.002
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description Giant left atrium is an uncommon pathology to encounter during bedside chest ultrasound, but is an important structure to be aware of when considering thoracentesis. This cardiac structure could easily be mistaken for loculated pleural fluid. This case also supports growing evidence that expert users can safely perform thoracentesis without completely reversing therapeutic anticoagulation.
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spelling pubmed-57093432017-12-04 Giant left atrium encountered during right-sided thoracentesis Advani, Rashmi Galen, Benjamin T. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Giant left atrium is an uncommon pathology to encounter during bedside chest ultrasound, but is an important structure to be aware of when considering thoracentesis. This cardiac structure could easily be mistaken for loculated pleural fluid. This case also supports growing evidence that expert users can safely perform thoracentesis without completely reversing therapeutic anticoagulation. Elsevier 2017-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5709343/ /pubmed/29204338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.11.002 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Giant left atrium encountered during right-sided thoracentesis
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