Wolodzko A A, Taff M L, Lukash L I
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1986 Sep;7(3):260-2. doi: 10.1097/00000433-198607030-00018.
A case is presented involving a patient who underwent an intrapericardial pneumonectomy for lung cancer and died of cerebral hypoxia due to herniation of the heart. The etiology and pathophysiology of cardiac herniation are reviewed.
