Skip Navigation

European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(1):162; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.006
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Supplementary Data
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by van Opstal, J.M.
Right arrow Articles by Vainer, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by van Opstal, J.M.
Right arrow Articles by Vainer, J.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Venous graft perforation leading to cardiac tamponade

J.M. van Opstal1,*, G. Geskes2, F. Eerens1, S. Aydin1 and J. Vainer1

1 Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 15 May 2007; accepted after revision 2 June 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 28 July 2007.

* Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail address: jmvanopstal{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

We describe a cardiac tamponade after venous graft perforation due to stent inflation. The complications and therapeutic options are discussed.

Keywords: Tamponade; Venous graft; Perforation; Stent


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.