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case_images: Transeshophageal echocardiographic midesophageal bicaval view showing a large hematoma compressing the superior vena cava (SVC) and the right atrium (RA). LA: left atrium.
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case_images: The midesophageal bicaval view showed the right atrium (RA) being pushed anteriorly and laterally by a large mass measuring 6.06 cm x 8.78 cm (Fig. 1). The mass contained echogenic materials with some echo-free areas, which is consistent with hematoma, and as a result the SVC was almost completely obliterated by it.
case_images: Transesophageal echocardiographic, midesophageal aortic valve long axis view showing the hematoma in the transverse sinus, a potential space. LA: left atrium.
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case_images: F2
case_images: In the midesophageal aortic valve long axis view, the hematoma occupied the transverse sinus as well (Fig. 2).