title: Left ventricular perforation by a pleural drainage tube. Report of a case with survival.
abstract: We present a case of survival as a result of surgical intervention after perforation of the left ventricle during the insertion of a pleural drainage tube. Surgical intervention was facilitated by the fact that the drainage tube responsible for the suspected perforation of the cardiac cavity was clamped and fastened, as opposed to withdrawn. The location of the perforation was established by measuring the pressure curve through the drainage tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Fuente
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarraj
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moriones
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura; D011182:Postoperative Care