Cardiac tamponade: An unusual, lifethreatening complication after transhiatal resection of the esophagus

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-239

  Kats, Suzanne ^a   Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A P ^a   Van Straten, Bart H M ^a   Schönberger, Jacques P A M ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Complication; Transhiatal esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM;

EID: 34247163206     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.145631     Document Type: Article

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