Papsin B C, Gorenstein L A, Goldberg M
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1993 Mar;55(3):756-7. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90288-s.
Curative resection for large central bronchogenic tumors may require radical or intrapericardial pneumonectomy. Myocardial herniation through the pericardial defect is a rare early postoperative complication. Prevention of cardiac herniation and subsequent hemodynamic compromise is always necessary after intrapericardial pneumonectomy.