TEARDROP SIGN - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN CARDIAC HERNIATION

Authors
TSANG TSM FREEMAN WK MILLER FA SEWARD JB
Citation
Tsm. Tsang et al., TEARDROP SIGN - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN CARDIAC HERNIATION, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 11(1), 1998, pp. 74-76
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
08947317
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
74 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(1998)11:1<74:TS-EFI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Cardiac herniation through an acquired pericardial defect is potential ly fatal. Typically, symptoms manifest within days of a surgical proce dure.(1) We describe a patient with late ventricular herniation after surgical formation of an apical pericardial window.