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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Apr 2007
Case ReportsCardiac tamponade: an unusual, lifethreatening complication after transhiatal resection of the esophagus.
- Suzanne Kats, Grard A P Nieuwenhuijzen, van StratenBart H MBH, and Jacques P A M Schönberger.
- Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Michelangelolaan 2, 5623 EJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands. suzanne.kats@catharina-ziekenhuis.nl
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2007 Apr 1; 6 (2): 238-9.
AbstractTranshiatal resection for carcinoma of the distal esophagus is associated with relative high morbidity and mortality. We present a rare case of cardiac tamponade after transhiatal esophagectomy for which emergency sternotomy was performed. Probably the retraction of the heart during exploration of the mediastinum caused a laceration of an epicardial vein. Although very rare, cardiac tamponade should be considered when hemodynamic instability during or after transhiatal esophagectomy occurs.
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