title: Fatal Intramyocardial Hemorrhage After Pericardiotomy in a Patient With von Willebrand Disease.
abstract: Patients with large pericardial effusions and possible tamponade undergoing general anesthesia for pericardial drainage are generally thought to be at a highest risk of cardiovascular collapse before drainage of the effusion. Here, we report a case of extensive and fatal intramyocardial hemorrhage after drainage of a pericardial effusion in a patient with von Willebrand disease.
authors: From the *Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and †Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Karen E
authors: KE
authors: Singh
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Hirsch
authors: Douglas
authors: D
authors: Colquhoun
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Durieux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery