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Summary
Cardiac tamponade is a common complication after cardiac surgery and is usually caused by bleeding or thrombus in the early postoperative period. Postoperative serous tamponade is more rare and usually of gradual onset. We report an unusual and life-threatening case of serous tamponade occurring on postoperative day 1 following a third-time paraesophageal hernia repair.
- gastro-oesophageal reflux
- cardiothoracic surgery
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Contributors IAM, AE, KB: clinical care, data gathering, writing, editing. MT: writing, editing. All authors approved the submission.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.