Facial Plethora and Markedly Elevated Central Venous Pressure After Mitral Valve Repair, Maze, and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jun;36(6):1804-1806. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.12.018. Epub 2021 Dec 24.

Authors

Obieze C Nwanna-Nzewunwa¹, Paul Lennon², Brian R Gebhardt³, Gregory Couper⁴, Michael P Robich⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Department of Anesthesiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.
⁴ Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA.

PMID: 35078724
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.12.018

No abstract available

Keywords: complication; iatrogenic SVC syndrome; left atrial appendage occlusion device; left superior vena cava syndrome.

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / methods
Central Venous Pressure
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery
Vena Cava, Superior