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Case report of refractory pericardial effusion associated with lymphatic fistula due to surgical injury during sternotomy

RATIONALE: A 35-year old Chinese female was admitted to hospital with refractory pericardial effusions 10 days post mitral valve replacement via median sternotomy. We performed an exploratory resternotomy and found lymphatic leakage on the surface of the diaphragm which was continuously emitting a l...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Lijun, Tao, Tingting, Zheng, Junnan, Jia, Zhen, Xu, Hongfei, Ni, Yiming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29489689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009892