Acquired transdiaphragmatic hernia: an unusual cause of cardiac tamponade

Virginie D'Orio; Pierre Demondion; Guillaume Lebreton; Guillaume Coutance; Sheida Varnous; Pascal Leprince

doi:10.1177/0218492317698326

Acquired transdiaphragmatic hernia: an unusual cause of cardiac tamponade

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Mar;25(3):233-236. doi: 10.1177/0218492317698326. Epub 2017 Jan 1.

Authors

Virginie D'Orio¹, Pierre Demondion¹, Guillaume Lebreton¹, Guillaume Coutance¹, Sheida Varnous¹, Pascal Leprince¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France.

PMID: 28325075
DOI: 10.1177/0218492317698326

Abstract

Transdiaphragmatic peritoneopericardial hernia is a rare complication after peritoneopericardial window formation, coronary artery bypass grafting using the gastroepiploic artery, or subxiphoid epicardial pacemaker insertion. We describe two different clinical presentations of transdiaphragmatic peritoneopericardial hernia in patients who had undergone recent heart transplantation. One was an exceptional case of cardiac tamponade caused by small bowel strangulation through a diaphragmatic defect.

Keywords: Cardiac tamponade; Heart transplantation; Hernia; Intestine; diaphragmatic; small.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / complications*
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnosis
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction / complications
Intestinal Obstruction / diagnosis
Intestine, Small
Laparotomy / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium
Radiography, Thoracic