title: Recurrent cardiac tamponade treated using a pericardio-venous shunt.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman was admitted because of recurrent cardiac tamponade. She had undergone radical mastectomy and radiotherapy for left breast cancer four years previously. In the following two years, she felt short of breath on exertion due to cardiac tamponade. Repeated conservative therapy with diuretics and pericardial drainage were ineffective in terminating pericardial effusion. The therapeutic procedure of a pericardio-venous shunt was then employed and was effective for improving the recurrent symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama Seibu Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiekata
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome