Acute cardiac herniation after radical pleuropneumonectomy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 564-566

  Self, R J ^a   Vaughan, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; acute cardiac herniation; Surgery; thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HEART DISEASES; HERNIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033035140     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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