Chylothorax after coronary artery bypass grafting

International Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Halldorsson, Ari ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Postoperative complication; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORACIC DUCT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 75449110203     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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