Left pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass decreases with a supplemental pleural drain

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 149-152

  Payne, Maryann ^a   Magovern Jr , George J ^a   Benckart, Daniel H ^a   Vasilakis, Alexander ^a   Szydlowski, Gary W ^a   Cardone, John C ^a   Marrone, Gary C ^a   Burkholder, John A ^a   Magovern, James A ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0036145853     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03327-6     Document Type: Article

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