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Life-Threatening Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to Chylopericardium Following Orthotopic Heart Transplantation—A Case Report

Chylopericardium is a rare complication in cardiac surgery, and an extremely rare occurrence in patients following orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), which, however, can lead to cardiac tamponade. Here we present a case of a 59-year-old man who underwent OHT and suffered from chylopericardium r...

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Published in:Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Main Authors: Wierzbicki, Karol, Mazur, Piotr, We˛grzyn, Piotr, Kapelak, Bogusław
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045856/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26548537
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.15-00233
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