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Table 1 Summary of cases with sternotomy and pericardiocentesis

From: Bleeding sites and treatment strategies for cardiac tamponade by catheter ablation requiring thoracotomy: risks of catheter ablation in patients with left atrial diverticulum

 

Gender

Year

Rupture Point

Cardiac arrest

Treatment

LA diverticulum

Case 1

Male

63

Not identify (Hematoma around LA)

On-pump beating

Adhesive

Yes

Case 2

Male

78

Between the left upper pulmonary vein and LA

Cardiac arrest

Suturing

No

Case 3

Male

59

LA diverticulum

On-pump beating

Suturing

Yes

Case 4

Female

65

Not identify

None

Pericardiocentesis

Yes

Case 5

Male

64

Not identify

None

Pericardiocentesis

Yes

  1. LA: Left atrium