[Late cardiac tamponade after open heart surgery].
59 cases of late cardiac tamponade following open heart surgery were studied. The incidence was 2.1%. Postoperative prolonged heart failure, anticoagulants, and blood in the pericardium left undrained may play a role in its pathogenesis. Echocardiography was the sure method of diagnosis. Insertion of a drainage tube into the pericardium through the subxiphoid approach was effective with minimal invasion and a treatment of choice.
Terada
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Saitoh
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T
Shimoyama
Y
Y
Takayama
T
T
Suma
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H
Wanibuchi
Y
Y
Ino
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging