Right hemothorax from leaking aortocoronary vein graft giant aneurysm

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 336-337

  Singh, Sushil K ^a   Sharma, Ashok K ^b  

^a Wakefield Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYSPNEA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; REOPERATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747367431     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230601400415     Document Type: Article

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