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.
Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of Wales NHS Trust, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
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Vaughan
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