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Successful surgical intervention for delayed chylopericardial tamponade following aortic valve replacement: a case report

Chylopericardium is one of the rarest complications of cardiac surgery. It is related to direct or indirect injury to the thoracic duct or its tributaries and can result in serious morbidity or even death. A 77-year-old Japanese woman who had severe aortic stenosis underwent routine aortic valve rep...

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Autores principales: Gyoten, Takayuki, Doi, Toshio, Fukahara, Kazuaki, Yoshimura, Naoki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25433537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0190-9