Persistent pleural effusions following coronary bypass surgery

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 311-314

  Areno, J P ^a   McCartney, J P ^a   Eggerstedt, J ^a   Grafton, W ^a   George, R B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031815623     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.1.311     Document Type: Article

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