Symptomatic Recurrent Chylopericardium: How to Manage This Rare Entity?

Recurrent chylopericardium after cardiac surgery is a rare entity. This paper presents the case of a 69-year-old female who developed a large recurrent chylopericardium related to surgical myectomy and resection of sub-aortic membrane for hypertrophic sub-valvular aortic stenosis. Treatment required...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Agrawal, Ankit, Verma, Beni R., Brooksbank, Jeremy, Khayata, Mohamed, Klein, Allan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34471886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.06.011
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Sumario:Recurrent chylopericardium after cardiac surgery is a rare entity. This paper presents the case of a 69-year-old female who developed a large recurrent chylopericardium related to surgical myectomy and resection of sub-aortic membrane for hypertrophic sub-valvular aortic stenosis. Treatment required pericardiocentesis followed by lymphangiogram with glue embolization of the lymphatic leak. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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