Foreign Body in the Pericardium: a Cause of Cardiac Dysfunction. | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia | ||
| Volume 18, Issue 1, April 2024, Pages 25-27 PDF (236.22 K) | ||
| Document Type: Case reports | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejca.2024.388898 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Kiran Kishor Pisekar* ; Ramkiran Kandala; Sunil Ninama; Ritesh Shah | ||
| Department of Cardiac Anesthesia, U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A seewing needle was found in the pericardium of a young male who was taken for emergency surgery with severe biventricular dysfunction due pericarditis, was successfully managed using TEE, meticulous anaesthesia technique and postoperative management leading to smooth and early recovery of the patient. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cardiac; foriegn body; heart surgery; pericardium | ||
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