Migration of sternal wire into ascending aorta

Autor:	Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Bernard Staller
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Cardiac Catheterization Sternum medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Coronary Angiography Postoperative Complications Foreign-Body Migration medicine.artery Ascending aorta medicine Humans Coronary Artery Bypass Aorta Heart Failure Osteosynthesis medicine.diagnostic_test Vascular disease business.industry Anatomy Middle Aged medicine.disease Median sternotomy Angiography cardiovascular system Surgery Radiology Foreign body Tomography X-Ray Computed Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complication business Bone Wires
Zdroj:	The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 57:1023-1024
ISSN:	0003-4975
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(94)90232-1
Popis:	A case is reported in which a broken sternal wire migrated such thai it penetrated the ascending aorta. Computed tomographic scan and angiography confirmed this wire to be protruding into the ascending aorta. The wire was removed at median sternotomy without problems.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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