Cardiac tamponade caused by incarcerated small bowel in the pericardium after coronary bypass grafting using the right gastroepiploic artery

Beverley Chan; Hai P Huynh; Vijay Moonje; Joel Price; Fraser D Rubens

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.087

Cardiac tamponade caused by incarcerated small bowel in the pericardium after coronary bypass grafting using the right gastroepiploic artery

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Aug;90(2):641-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.087.

Authors

Beverley Chan¹, Hai P Huynh, Vijay Moonje, Joel Price, Fraser D Rubens

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Surgery, the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 20667369
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.12.087

Abstract

Although rare, herniation of the gastrointestinal contents into the pericardium after coronary artery bypass grafting using the right gastroepiploic artery has been previously described. The associated clinical symptoms vary from gastrointestinal obstruction to cardiac tamponade. We report a patient who presented with cardiac tamponade secondary to incarceration of the small bowel in the pericardium 1 year after coronary artery bypass grafting utilizing the right gastroepiploic artery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods
Gastroepiploic Artery / transplantation*
Humans
Intestine, Small*
Male
Pericardium*