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Bilateral sternobronchial fistula after coronary surgery – are the retained epicardial pacing wires responsible? a case report

BACKGROUND: Temporary epicardial pacing wires are routinely used during cardiac surgery; they are dependable in controlling postoperative arrhythmias and are associated with low morbitity. CASE REPORT: We report a case of sternobronchial fistula formation induced by the existence of retained epicard...

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Autores principales: Sakellaridis, Timothy, Argiriou, Michalis, Panagiotakopoulos, Victor, Charitos, Christos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19552802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-26