• Radiology · Sep 1976

    Case Reports

    Acute cardiac herniation following pneumonectomy.

    • H U Tschersich, V Skorapa, and W H Fleming.
    • Radiology. 1976 Sep 1; 120 (3): 546.

    AbstractPneumonectomy with partial pericardiectomy may result in herniation of the heart through the pericardial defect, leading to cardiovascular collapse and death. Awareness of this grave potential complication and familarity with its clinical and roentgenographic features should permit prompt diagnosis and facilitate lifesaving repeat thoracotomy.

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