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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1728-1730
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Tension pneumopericardium after blunt chest trauma

Jon C. Gould, MDa, Michael A. Schurr, MD*a

a Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Accepted for publication January 19, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Schurr, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, USA
e-mail: schurr{at}surgery.wisc.edu

We present a case of tension pneumopericardium in a patient involved in a motor vehicle crash. This patient was treated initially with a percutaneously placed drain and then definitively by a video assisted thoracoscopic pericardial window.




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