Late cardiac tamponade: A potentially lethal complication of open-heart surgery
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Localized cardiac tamponade after open-heart surgery.
PURPOSE To describe the clinical presentation and echocardiographic findings associated with localized tamponade after open-heart surgery. METHODS Retrospective analysis of a case series with a surgically proven diagnosis. RESULTS Among 23 patients with surgically proven localized cardiac tamponade after elective open-heart surgery, 5 patients (22%) died in the ICU from multiorgan failure. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)40013-5