Haemopericardium causing cardiac tamponade: a late complication of pectus excavatum repair.
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چکیده
A 24 year old man presented to the emergency department with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade requiring emergency surgery. The cause was a sternal wire from a pectus excavatum repair two years previously that had fractured and migrated through the pericardium causing an epicardial injury and a haemopericardium.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Heart
دوره 90 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004