Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Hemopericardium after Lung Lobectomy

Abstract

Pardolesi Alessandro, Solli Piergiorio and Spaggiari Lorenzo

Cardiac tamponade after lung resection is a very rare but life-threatening complication. The present case illustrates another of this uncommon complication, wherein the exact mechanism of injury remained undefined. Hemorrhagic cardiac tamponade occurred few hours after left lower lung lobectomy and re-thoracotomy surprisingly revealed that a left coronary artery branch rupture was the cause.