Perforation of the left atrium by a chest tube in a patient with cardiomegaly: Management of a rare, but life-threatening complication

Resuscitation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 178-182

  Kerger, H ^a   Blaettner, T ^a   Froehlich, C ^a   Ernst, J ^a   Frietsch, T ^b   Isselhorst, C ^b   Nguyen, A K ^a   Volz, A ^a   Fiedler, F ^b   Genzwuerker, H V ^b  

^a Evangelian Deaconry Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomegaly; Chest tube; Heart perforation; Pleural effusion; Resuscitation; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PERFORATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249984156     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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