Coronary Embolism Following Atrial Septal Defect Repair

To our knowledge, coronary embolism following repair of atrial septal defect has not been reported previously. A 29-year-old woman had an angiographically documented embolus to the circumflex coronary artery on the fifth postoperative day after pericardial patch repair of a secundum atrial septal de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1988-05, Vol.45 (5), p.561-563
Hauptverfasser:	Backer, Carl L., Hartz, Renee S., Meyers, Sheridan N., Davis, Gary
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava Coronary Disease - etiology Coronary Thrombosis - epidemiology Coronary Thrombosis - etiology Coronary Thrombosis - therapy Female Heart Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - surgery Humans Medical sciences Myocardial Infarction - etiology Myocardial Infarction - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	To our knowledge, coronary embolism following repair of atrial septal defect has not been reported previously. A 29-year-old woman had an angiographically documented embolus to the circumflex coronary artery on the fifth postoperative day after pericardial patch repair of a secundum atrial septal defect. This complication might have been prevented by temporary postoperative anticoagulation.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(10)64535-3