Key result
Urgent open surgery and pericardial fenestration successfully resolve delayed post-traumatic cardiac tamponade.
Why the study?
Delayed acute cardiac tamponade after blunt chest trauma is a rare but serious complication requiring careful post-injury observation and management of potential pericardial complications.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Supports urgent surgical intervention for delayed tamponade after blunt trauma; leaves open standardized protocols for postpericardiotomy syndrome.
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Matsumoto et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Delayed cardiac tamponade after blunt chest trauma (n=1). Urgent open heart surgery and cardiac sac fenestration was evaluated. Urgent open heart surgery followed by cardiac sac fenestration successfully treated a 54-year-old man who developed delayed cardiac tamponade and postpericardiotomy syndrome after blunt chest trauma.
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