Anatomical consideration of the cardiac plexus to prevent grave bradycardiac arrhythmias associated with lung cancer surgery: a case report.

Background: Arrhythmias are known as one of the complications of lung cancer surgery, and most of them are not lethal. Life-threatening arrhythmias have been reported in the literature but in reality very rare.

Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Japanese man with a history of hypertension was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in left lower lobe underwent a left lower lobectomy and bilateral mediastinal lymph node dissection through a median sternotomy.