False aneurysm of the right internal mammary artery: Late rupture after sternotomy

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-87

  Frank, Michael W ^a   Alexander Jr , John C ^a   Pineless, Gary R ^a   Votapka, Timothy V ^a   Curran, Ronald D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Aneurysm, false; Case report; Internal mammary artery false aneurysm; Sternotomy sequela

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STERNUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031897117     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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