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Spontaneous Hemothorax Following Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Barua Anupama,
Brown Robert,
Puppala Swapna,
O'Regan David J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12729
Subject(s) - medicine , hemothorax , cardiac surgery , surgery , hemodynamics , cardiology , aortic rupture , aortic aneurysm , aorta , pneumothorax
Abstract We report a case of spontaneous hemothorax after aortic valve replacement in a 72‐year‐old female resulting from rupture of a pleural adhesion leading to hemodynamic instability. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12729 (J Card Surg 2016;31:211–213)