Acute cardiac herniation after radical pleuropneumonectomy.
Acute cardiac herniation after radical pneumonectomy is extremely rare and is associated with an immediate mortality greater than 50%. We report a patient in whom cardiac herniation produced no signs or symptoms. The heart was returned to its correct position and the pericardial defect was repaired.
Self
R J
RJ
Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of Wales NHS Trust, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Vaughan
R S
RS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000601:surgery; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications