Saito Takayuki, Asano Miki, Nomura Norikazu, Ishida Michiko, Mizuno Akihiro, Nakayama Takuya, Okada Yuji, Mishima Akira
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):1113-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.031.
We report a septic patient who had an infected thrombus that extended from the right internal jugular vein to the right atrium 1 cm below the superior venocaval junction. The thrombus was successfully removed using an off-pump shunt placed between the innominate vein and the right atrium.