The aquarium in the right heart.
Chung-Tat LunHoi-Ping ShumPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
We presented a case with massive hepatic portovenous gas (HPVG) and gastric emphysema, probably due to increased intraluminal pressure in the stomach after bagging and noninvasive ventilation. There are multiple microbubbles in the inferior vena cava, right atrium and right ventricle. There has been only one case report ever published showing the similar features of the "aquarium sign" in the right heart in a patient with intussusception. We believe our case is a good illustration of this extremely rare entity in echocardiography.
Keyphrases
- inferior vena cava
- case report
- pulmonary embolism
- vena cava
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- computed tomography
- mitral valve
- room temperature
- coronary artery
- congenital heart disease
- mechanical ventilation
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- intensive care unit
- systematic review
- meta analyses
- pulmonary fibrosis
- carbon dioxide
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- left atrial appendage