title: Postpericardiotomy syndrome from transdiaphragmatic pericardial window following trauma: first description and review of the literature.
abstract: Diagnostic pericardial window (by either subxyphoid or transdiaphragmatic approach) is commonly utilized to exclude traumatic cardiac injury. Although regarded as a low-risk procedure, rare complications such as bacterial pericarditis, iatrogenic cardiac injury, cardiac herniation and postpericardiotomy syndrome can occur. We report the first description of postpericardiotomy syndrome following transdiaphragmatic pericardial window.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dking3@partners.org
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Gus J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Vlahakes
authors.forename: Amer M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Johri
authors.forename: Ahmad Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Sheikh
mesh_terms: D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011185:Postpericardiotomy Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications; D055815:Young Adult