Key result
Transabdominal cardiac ablation carries rare risk of fatal strangulated diaphragmatic hernia and bowel necrosis.
Why the study?
Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia secondary to pericardial ablation is a rare but potentially fatal condition with limited reported cases.
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Design
Case report and literature review
Alerts clinicians to rare post-ablation diaphragmatic hernia; leaves open true incidence and prevention needs.
We report an unusual case of strangulated diaphragmatic hernia secondary to a pericardial ablation, which resulted in necrosis of the incarcerated small bowel. Through a literature search, we have found a limited number of similar cases introducing a case series for this rare but potentially fatal condition.
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Bussa-Rao et al. (2019) studied this question. Transabdominal cardiac ablation can lead to a rare but potentially fatal strangulated diaphragmatic hernia resulting in incarcerated small bowel necrosis and obstruction.
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