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Innovations (Phila). 2007 May;2(3):121. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e318061660c.

Management of a catheter-induced pulmonary artery rupture: early presentation after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Nnamdi Nwaejike, Pramod Bonde, Sally-Anne Phillips, Gianfranco Campalani

Affiliations

  1. From the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

PMID: 22437003 DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e318061660c

Abstract

A frail, 79-year-old woman with small body habitus was admitted for elective coronary artery bypass surgery. She was known to have long-standing chronic stable angina with recent deterioration. Her only risk factor for coronary artery disease was that she was an ex-smoker of 6 years.

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