Cardiac herniation after pneumonectomy.
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.
Baaijens
P F
PF
Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Hasenbos
M A
MA
Lacquet
L K
LK
Dekhuijzen
P N
PN
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*