[Late cardiac tamponade by localized compression of the left cavities after heart valve surgery. Apropos of 2 cases]

B Albat; E Picard; P Messner-Pellenc; A Thevenet

[Late cardiac tamponade by localized compression of the left cavities after heart valve surgery. Apropos of 2 cases]

Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1991 Sep;84(9):1361-4.

[Article in French]

Authors

B Albat¹, E Picard, P Messner-Pellenc, A Thevenet

Affiliation

¹ Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, hôpital Aiguelongue, CHU, Montpellier.

PMID: 1958120

Abstract

The authors report two cases of left cardiac failure occurring three and ten months after aortic valve replacement. Echocardiography established the diagnosis of localized compression of left heart chambers by hemopericardium. Surgical drainage dramatically improved patients with a follow-up of 4 years and 18 months. The authors emphasize the interest of left thoracotomy for drainage and discuss the etiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve
Cardiac Tamponade / diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Cardiac Tamponade / physiopathology
Echocardiography
Heart Failure / etiology*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*
Pericardial Effusion / therapy
Pericardial Window Techniques
Ventricular Function, Left