Delayed myocardial laceration after intrapericardial pneumonectomy.
Curative resection for large central bronchogenic tumors may require radical or intrapericardial pneumonectomy. Myocardial herniation through the pericardial defect is a rare early postoperative complication. Prevention of cardiac herniation and subsequent hemodynamic compromise is always necessary after intrapericardial pneumonectomy.
Papsin
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Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gorenstein
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Goldberg
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D000368:Aged; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors