Cardiac herniation after pneumonectomy: review and case reports

Cardiac Herniation after Pneumonectomy is reviewed in terms of etiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, prevention and available treatments. Sixty-six cases were reported between 1948 and 1994 were reported. Thirteen other cases were reviewed in a multicenter survey in Brazil. Among these, the two cases who died of total cardiac herniation following right intrapericardial pneumonectomy are reported with radiographic and surgical findings.