Partial Pericardial Defect Incidentally Discovered During Coronary Bypass Surgery

作者：Son Kuk Hui; Son Ho Sung; Choi Eun Jeong; Sun Kyung^*

来源：Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2010, 25(1): 145-147.

DOI：10.3346/jkms.2010.25.1.145

• Congenital Abnormalities
• Pericardium
• Phrenic nerve
• Coronary Artery Bypass

A 71-yr-old male patient with three vessel coronary artery disease underwent a coronary artery bypass graft. The patient was found to have a large pericardial defect at the apex of the heart that measured approximately 18 cm in circumference. The edge of the pericardial defect impinged on the epicardial coronary arteries. The left phrenic nerve descended via the dorsal boundary of the pericardial defect. Following coronary artery bypass grafting, the pericardial defect was repaired with a polytetrafluorethylene patch. The patient had an uncomplicated postoperative course.

• 出版日期2010-1