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A conservative surgical approach for management of iatrogenic pulmonary artery perforation

Accidental malposition of a chest tube in the pulmonary artery is a potentially fatal complication. Here we describe a 66 year-old obese woman with prior cardiac transplantation, intubated for respiratory failure and felt to have a large left pleural effusion. A chest tube was inserted using a troca...

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Autores principales: Biswas, Monodeep, Boruah, Pranjal Kumar, Koch, Lear Von
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23188958
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.102091