Niznansky Matus, Prskavec Tomas, Cerny Vladimir, Lindner Jaroslav
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug;21(2):257-9. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivv127. Epub 2015 May 13.
Chylous pericardial effusion is a rare complication of cardiac surgery. We report a case of a patient who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and was diagnosed with chylopericardium after the procedure. We present the surgical management of this condition, which included bilateral pedal lymphangiography followed by ligation of injured lymph vessel.