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Hemopericardium: a late complication after repair of pectus excavatum
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Hemopericardium and tamponade occurred in a 12 year old boy with Marfan's syndrome, two years after surgical repair of pectus excavatum. This life-threatening complication resulted from penetration of a fractured metal plate through the pericardium into the right atrium. The clinical details are reported and discussed.