Introduction Currently there is increasing scientific interest in left atrial appendage (LAA) closure strategies in order to eliminate the major cause of thromboembolic events. However, in the case of an acute LAA perforation with cardiac tamponade, a fast and reliable closure technique is mandatory for the survival of the patient. This could be very challenging when the patient is in hemodynam...

Two cases of late cardiac tamponade after valve replacement surgery are reported: both patients were treated with oral anticoagulants (warfarin) after operation. An erratic response in the international normalised ratio (INR) was found before the diagnosis of late tamponade. It is suggested that this response of the INR may be an early indicator of late cardiac tamponade rather than a cause.

A 13-year old girl, who had undergone arterial switch operation using the Lecompte manoeuvre for TGA, developed aortopulmonary fistula derived from the balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis (Fig. 1A–C). Because the adhesive tissue prevented cardiac tamponade, elective surgical repair including PA reconstruction using a composite graft was successfully done several days after re...

 Bleeding is a common and potentially serious complication of acute and chronic renal failure.  Most common: bleeding at the site of fistula access puncture or temporary venous access insertion.  GI bleeding: is observed in up to 1/3 of uremic patients.  Other: subdural hematoma, spontaneous retroperitoneal bleeding, spontaneous subcapsular hematoma of the liver, intraocular hemorrhage, and...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency situation associated with a high rate of life-threatening complications, even after immediate interventions. Our aim was to characterize the acute inflammatory consequences of this event in a clinically relevant large animal model. METHODS Cardiac tamponade was induced for 60 min in anesthetized, ventilated and thoracotomized minipig...

Dissecting ventricular septal hematoma (DVSH) rarely occurs after repair of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) but can lead to serious complications such as septal rupture, myocardial rupture, cardiogenic shock, heart block, outflow obstruction, cardiac tamponade, abscess transformation, and death. This paper describes the diagnosis and management of acute, severe, left ventricular outflow tract...

Bladder carcinoma is the fourth most common cancer in men, however cardiac metastases from the bladder are exceedingly rare. There have been 5 documented cases of transitional cell carcinoma causing cardiac tamponade. There have been 3 documented cases of urothelial carcinoma presenting as cardiac tamponade with positive cytology.1e3 We will discuss a case in which pericardial effusion with tam...