Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2763982 Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2007 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
A 57-year-old woman developed cardiogenic shock secondary to right ventricular failure in the postoperative setting. Because of clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism, the patient was taken to the operating room for emergency thrombectomy. The patient improved dramatically after sternotomy and pericardiotomy, with no evidence of thrombus being found. Sternotomy followed by pericardiotomy may have a role in the treatment of acute right ventricular failure with small pericardial effusion.
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