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Peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia discovered at coronary bypass operation
1Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquerque 87131-5341.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 68-year-old man was discovered to have a large peritoneopericardial hernia when operated on for coronary artery bypass. Such hernias are very unusual. The pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and management of this problem are discussed.