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An Unusual Case of Cardiac Tamponade: Ruptured Subaortic Diverticulum
Author(s) -
Salemi Arash,
Lee Ben,
Ivascu Natalia,
Webber Geoffrey,
Paul Subroto
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01026.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , diverticulum (mollusc) , tamponade , cardiology , surgery
Cardiac diverticula are rare congenital anomalies found as outpouchings from various chambers of the heart. We present a case of a diverticulum arising from the membranous septum with free rupture into the pericardial space and tamponade . (J Card Surg 2010;25:349‐350)