Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia after subxiphoid epicardial pacemaker insertion: case reports
Swartz, D.; Livingston, C.; Tio, F.; Mack, J.; Trinkle, J.K.; Grover, F.L.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 88(4): 633-635
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5223 PMID: 6482496 Document Number: 231611
The first two cases of intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia following a subxiphoid epicardial pacemaker insertion are reported. Factors deemed responsible for this rare complication in one case were previous gastrectomy with a resulting paucity of omentum, and entrance into the peritoneal cavity during the pacemaker procedure.