1. Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Extrapericardial Tamponade Due to Dilated Gastric Roll following Oesophagectomy
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Keiji Nakatani, Shindoh M, Shinichi Nishi, Satoshi Kurita, Akira Asada, and Nobutaka Kariya
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Esophageal Neoplasms ,Heart disease ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Postoperative Complications ,Cardiac tamponade ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Medicine ,Esophagus ,business.industry ,Esophageal disease ,Stomach ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cardiac Tamponade ,Surgery ,Esophagectomy ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Echocardiography ,Drainage ,Tamponade ,Radiology ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Complication - Abstract
A complication of lower thoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal carcinoma is reported. Extrapericardial tamponade was caused by a dilated retrosternal gastric roll. Echocardiography was useful for diagnosis. Diagnosis, investigation and management of this unusual but life-threatening complication are discussed. Transthoracic echocardiography is a useful and practical investigation for the evaluation of complications of oesophagectomy.
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- 2001
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