Late Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient Victim of Penetrating Trauma - Case Report.
Adnaldo da Silveira MaiaAlexandre Bichara da CunhaMagnum Adriel Santos PereiraNatalia Pompeu ChavesRicardo Silva de MoraisLázaro Araújo de AlmeidaPublished in: Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery (2020)
A case of a 49-year-old patient, male, victim of stab wound, developing belatedly cardiac tamponade and hemodynamic stability was reported. The patient underwent a pericardial window with drainage of pericardial effusion of blackened aspect; however, without visualization of the cardiac lesion, enlargement of the incision by median sternotomy was opted for. A hematoma was spotted at the left ventricle with epicardial lesion and a patch of pericardium was made with 3-0 polypropylene. The patient developed acute pulmonary edema and atrial fibrillation, which improved after the intensive care unit clinical management, with hospital discharge in the 7th postoperative day.
Keyphrases
- case report
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- patients undergoing
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left atrial
- coronary artery
- ultrasound guided
- respiratory failure
- hepatitis b virus
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- venous thromboembolism
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- aortic stenosis