Rosenzweig B P, Stern A, Kronzon I
Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 May;11(5):494-6. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)70033-1.
Cardiac compression is a potentially life-threatening complication of heart surgery. This syndrome often has atypical manifestations, challenging our ability to make a rapid diagnosis and to institute emergent, life-saving treatment. We recently evaluated one such patient who showed cardiac compression caused by an unusual paracardiac mass. The addition of transesophageal echocardiography to the usual transthoracic study may have played more than just a diagnostic role in this case.
心脏受压是心脏手术中一种潜在的危及生命的并发症。这种综合征通常有非典型表现，对我们快速诊断并开展紧急的挽救生命治疗的能力构成挑战。我们最近评估了一名这样的患者，其心脏受压是由一个不寻常的心包旁肿块引起的。在这个病例中，除了常规的经胸超声心动图检查外，增加经食管超声心动图检查可能发挥的作用不止于诊断。
