Late cardiac strangulation due to an iatrogenic pericardial defect.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 14-year-old boy developed broad posterolateral myocardial infarction. During cardiac surgery at age five, a small pericardial window had been made. Autopsy revealed an extensive left-sided pericardial defect and necrosis of the left ventricular free wall, which had herniated and strangulated through the enlarged pericardial defect.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Diseases
- Hernia
- Pericardial Window Techniques