title: Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia after subxiphoid epicardial pacemaker insertion: case reports.
abstract: The first two cases of intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia following a subxiphoid epicardial pacemaker insertion are reported. Factors deemed responsible for this rare complication in one case were previous gastrectomy with a resulting paucity of omentum, and entrance into the peritoneal cavity during the pacemaker procedure.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D010496:Pericardium; D011859:Radiography