Pulmonary resection and contralateral anomalous venous drainage: A lethal combination

A 72-year-old acyanotic woman had development of acute right heart failure with systemic hypotension 2 hours after a curative right intrapericardial pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer. A postoperative pulmonary angiogram revealed a major left to right shunt through previously unsuspected partial...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1992-04, Vol.53 (4), p.689-691
Hauptverfasser:	Black, Michael D., Shamji, Farid M., Goldstein, William, Sachs, Harold J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - surgery Aged Biological and medical sciences Brachiocephalic Veins - abnormalities Bronchial Neoplasms - surgery Cardiac Output, Low - etiology Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Female Humans Hypotension - etiology Medical sciences Pneumonectomy - adverse effects Pulmonary Veins - abnormalities Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the respiratory system
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Zusammenfassung:	A 72-year-old acyanotic woman had development of acute right heart failure with systemic hypotension 2 hours after a curative right intrapericardial pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer. A postoperative pulmonary angiogram revealed a major left to right shunt through previously unsuspected partial anomalous venous drainage of the left upper lobe of the lung.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(92)90336-3