Massive right atrial tamponade early after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Karim MahmoudKarim M Al-AziziMona MahmoudVinay PallekondaShaun CardozoPublished in: Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) (2019)
If unrecognized, tamponade after coronary artery bypass grafting can be fatal. We describe a 63-year-old man who developed unexplained hypotension and tachycardia and was found to have severe compression of the right atrial cavity by a large hematoma in the pericardial sac.