Emergent CT Diagnosis of Right Ventricular Rupture Caused by Central Venous Catheter Injury

AuthorSang Hoon Kimen
AuthorSeung Min Yooen
AuthorHwa Yeon Leeen
AuthorGun Leeen
AuthorHyung Jong Kimen
AuthorMinjung Shimen
AuthorSung-ik Kimen
AuthorIn Song Songen
AuthorHye Rin Kimen
AuthorCharles S Whiteen
Issued Date2017-01-31en
AbstractDiagnosis of cardiac tamponade has been mainly based on clinical features and echocardiography. However, CT may be an initial tool for the evaluation of cardiac tamponade because cutting edge CT is increasingly being installed in the emergency room, and presentation of cardiac tamponade can be nonspecific. Importantly, CT has better spatial resolution compared with echocardiography. Thus, identification of the etiology of cardiac tamponade is possible on CT. We report a case of cardiac tamponade demonstrating direct leakage of contrast material from the right ventricle into the pericardial space caused by central venous catheter injury diagnosed on CT.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.39484en
KeywordComputerized Tomographyen
KeywordCardiac Tamponadeen
KeywordCentral Venous Catheterizationen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleEmergent CT Diagnosis of Right Ventricular Rupture Caused by Central Venous Catheter Injuryen
TypeCase Reporten

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