Right postpneumonectomy gained dextrocardia

Postpneumonectomy interatrial right-to-left shunt.

Dextrocardia with pulmonary stenosis and functionally single right ventricle.

A 34-year-old Puerto Rican w-as admitted to Lincoln Hospital February 10, 1956, complaining of chest pains, vomiting, marked dyspnea, and ankle edema. According to the mother, the childmwas normal at birth and developed normally to about the age of 8. Then he began to develop a deformity of his back and to show cyanosis. Dyspnea on exertion, cyanosis, and deformity of the back became progressiv...

Late-Onset Postpneumonectomy Empyema Presenting as Right-Sided Heart Failure: Extrinsic Right Atrial Compression

Although it is rare, the right atrium can be encroached on by abnormal mediastinal structures, including aortic aneurysms, carcinomas, hepatic cysts and diaphragmatic paralysis. Extrinsic compression of the right atrium causes significant hemodynamic compromise and can lead to fatal outcomes. We describe the case of a 66-year old man with a past history of pulmonary tuberculosis that had underg...

Dextrocardia with asymptomatic right atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report

Right atrial appendage aneurysm (RAAA) is rarely encountered with variable intracardiac anatomy. We report a case of asymptomatic RAAA in a patient with dextrocardia and anomalous origin of RCA from left coronary sinus which was treated successfully by CABG and the aneurysm was completely excised.

Postpneumonectomy pulmonary oedema.

The occurrence of pulmonary oedema was studied retrospectively in 243 patients who underwent pneumonectomy in one hospital from 1975 to 1984. Pulmonary oedema developed in eight of 113 patients who had a right sided pneumonectomy and in three of 130 patients undergoing a left sided procedure. It occurred more commonly in patients requiring a second thoracotomy because of blood loss (in three ou...