title: Life-saving pericardiectomy in cardiogenic shock due to impairment of diastolic pump function by myocardial swelling.
abstract: Pericardiectomy was remarkably effective in relieving intractable cardiogenic shock resulting from impaired diastolic pump function due to severe myocardial swelling in a 40-year-old woman. The operation restored cardia pump function by counteracting the reduction of left ventricular compliance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asou
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000150:complications*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications