Cardiac Tamponade Due to Intrapericardial Hernia Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Intrapericardial hernia is a diaphragmatic hernia that extremely rarely causes cardiac tamponade. We present a case of a cardiac tamponade caused by an intrapericardial hernia in a 78-year-old male patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting, mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial i...

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Published inJACC. Case reports Vol. 29; no. 11; p. 102348
Main Authors Abe, Tomohiro, Kijima, Hiroaki, Ohuchida, Jiro, Hisashi, Yosuke, Tachioka, Shuji, Iwatani, Kenshi, Sadohara, Keisuke, Ameda, Tatsunori, Ochiai, Hidenobu
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LanguageEnglish
Published 05.06.2024
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Summary:Intrapericardial hernia is a diaphragmatic hernia that extremely rarely causes cardiac tamponade. We present a case of a cardiac tamponade caused by an intrapericardial hernia in a 78-year-old male patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting, mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, which was successfully treated by emergent laparotomy.
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ISSN:2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102348