Teardrop sign: echocardiographic features in cardiac herniation.
Cardiac herniation through an acquired pericardial defect is potentially fatal. Typically, symptoms manifest within days of a surgical procedure. We describe a patient with late ventricular herniation after surgical formation of an apical pericardial window.
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Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Miller
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Seward
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects