Massive hemorrhage from the posterior intercostal artery following lower partial sternotomy

Abstract Background Median sternotomy remains the most common approach in cardiovascular surgery. Recently, minimally invasive procedures, such as minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robot surgery, and catheter therapy have been developed in cardiovascular surgery. However, all these surgeries canno...

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Main Authors: Masashi Hattori, Yu Matsumura, Fumitaka Yamaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01718-1