title: A lethal tension pneumothorax during minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery: Can transesophageal echocardiography pick it?
abstract: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is establishing itself as the standard of care across the world. MICS CABG is currently performed in only a few centers. Hemodynamics disturbances are peculiar during MICS CABG due to space constraints. We report a 70-year-old man who underwent MICS CABG who developed tension pneumothorax during revascularization that was diagnosed in a novel way.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Pain Specialist, Apollo Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Dharmesh Radheshyam
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgeon, Apollo Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sathyaki Purushottam
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nambala
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004322:Drainage; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy