The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 88, 633-635, Copyright © 1984 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia after subxiphoid epicardial pacemaker insertion: case reports
D Swartz, C Livingston, F Tio, J Mack, JK Trinkle and FL Grover
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.