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Unplugging the Drain: Treatment of a Rare Late Complication of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Central vein thrombosis (CVT) is a rare cause of chylothorax. We report a patient with chylothorax secondary to CVT, despite being on anticoagulation, who was successfully treated with balloon angioplasty of the occluded vein. A 65-year-old male presented with shortness of breath of one-month durati...

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Autores principales: Beg, Faheemullah, Agrawal, Tanushree, Guha, Ashrith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6592466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31263636
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4527