title: Cardiac herniation after pneumonectomy.
abstract: Cardiac herniation is a rare, lethal complication of intrapericardial pneumonectomy demanding urgent treatment. It usually occurs within the first 24 h postoperatively. We present a patient with late cardiac herniation, 28 h postoperatively, where the electrocardiographic changes were evident several hours before the clinical picture became clear. After the diagnosis was made, the patient was treated surgically and survived.
authors: Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors: P F
authors: PF
authors: Baaijens
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Hasenbos
authors: L K
authors: LK
authors: Lacquet
authors: P N
authors: PN
authors: Dekhuijzen
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*