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KMID : 1155520130080010030
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Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2013 Volume.8 No. 1 p.30 ~ p.32
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The inverted left atrial appendage; the possibility of the interference with the bloodstream into the left ventricle during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass -A case report-
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Choi Eun-Kyung
Jung Tae-Eun
Park Sang-Jin
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Abstract
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This report presents an experience of difficulties in weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) after the closure of atrial septal defect. Transesophageal echocardiogram following the first attempt of weaning the CPB revealed the inverted left atrial appendage protruding into the mitral valve. Only after the correction of the inverted left appendage, the CPB weaning was completed without any difficulties.
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KEYWORD
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Atrial appendage, Cardiopulmonary bypass, Transesophageal echocardiogram
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