Population
Infant with hydrocephalus treated with a ventriculoatrial shunt
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Raises caution for pericardial tamponade in ventriculoatrial shunt patients; leaves open incidence and surveillance needs.
Highlights a rare but severe complication of ventriculoatrial shunts where the tubing can perforate the right atrium leading to pericardial cerebrospinal fluid accumulation.
Andrievs J. Dzenitis (1965) studied this question.
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