Right ventricular penetration and cardiac tamponade as a late complication of Kirschner wire placement in the sternoclavicular joint

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-296

  Gulcan, Oner ^a   Sezgin, Alpay T ^a   Bolat, Bulent ^a   Turkoz, Riza ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Kirschner wire; Penetration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT;

EID: 24644502594     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.107896     Document Type: Article

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