Conservative treatment of postoperative chylothorax with octreotide

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 479-482

  Gabbieri, Davide ^a   Bavutti, Lucilla ^a   Zacà, Fabio ^a   Turinetto, Bruno ^a   Ghidoni, Italo ^a  

^a HESPERIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Coronary artery bypass graft

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AGED; CHYLOTHORAX; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; OCTREOTIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 6944250680     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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