Cardiac herniation following atrial septal defect closure using port access surgery.

Wasir, Hapreet; Malhotra, Rajneesh; Vats, Mayank; Sharma, Krishan Kant; Mehta, Yatin; Trehan, Naresh

Cardiac herniation following atrial septal defect closure using port access surgery.

Date

2006-05-27

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Abstract

Cardiac herniation, a rare entity, is seen most commonly after traumatic rupture of the pericardium or following pneu-monectomy with partial pericardiactomy. It is rarely seen to occur following closure of a sinus venosus atrial septal defect through the port access technique. A review of the literature in English did not reveal any such case report.

Citation

Wasir H, Malhotra R, Vats M, Sharma KK, Mehta Y, Trehan N. Cardiac herniation following atrial septal defect closure using port access surgery. Indian Heart Journal. 2006 May-Jun; 58(3): 260-2