Late-onset chylothorax after heart-lung transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 285-286

  Shitrit, David ^a,b   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a,b   Starobin, Daniel ^a,b   Aravot, Dan ^a,b   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

CHYLOTHORAX; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037235160     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04172-3     Document Type: Article

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