title: Iatrogenic right ventricular laceration: delayed presentation after abdominal surgery.
abstract: A 69-year-old man presented at our emergency department in marginal hemodynamic condition due to hemorrhagic shock and cardiac tamponade. Two months earlier, he had undergone total gastrectomy and left lobe hepatectomy for invasive gastric cancer. Delayed iatrogenic laceration of the right ventricle, consequent to the abdominal procedure, was the uncommon cause of the massive hemopericardium. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd case in the literature of a cardiac laceration after abdominal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lisi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sassi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D022125:Lacerations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects