Tsang T S, Freeman W K, Miller F A, Seward J B
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 Jan;11(1):74-6. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)70124-5.
Cardiac herniation through an acquired pericardial defect is potentially fatal. Typically, symptoms manifest within days of a surgical procedure. We describe a patient with late ventricular herniation after surgical formation of an apical pericardial window.
