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Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
September 2024
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India.
Video-assisted thoracoscopy surgical diaphragmatic plication is the standard of care for diaphragmatic eventration. However, it is associated with complications like injuries to the bowel, liver, spleen, and lung parenchyma. We report life-threatening cardiac tamponade after Video-assisted thoracoscopy surgical diaphragmatic plication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Emerg Med
January 2025
Departamento de Cardiología, Fundación Valle del Lili, Carrera 98 No. 18 - 49, Cali, 760032, Colombia.
Background: Penetrating cardiac trauma is an entity with high pre and intrahospital mortality due to complications such as cardiac tamponade and massive hemothorax. A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs in 1-5% of cases and can present early or late. The management strategy for VSD resulting from penetrating cardiac trauma is uncertain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Interv Card Electrophysiol
January 2025
Cardiovascular Department, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Background: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) can lead to sudden cardiac death. The role of ventricular tachycardia ablation (VTA) in CS has been investigated in a few small, single-center, and larger observational studies, but the evidence still needs to be provided. This study aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes of VTA in patients with CS admitted with a diagnosis of VT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol
December 2024
Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
J Med Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité - Medical Heart Center of Charité and German Heart Institute Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Purulent bacterial pericarditis is a potentially fatal disease with mortality rates reaching 100% if left untreated.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian male patient who developed cardiac tamponade, most likely caused by a pyogenic liver abscess communicating with the pericardium. Treatment with antibiotics, extended sepsis therapy, and drainage of the abscess led to a full recovery.
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