Case Report

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2002): The Eurasian Journal of Medicine

CHYLOPERICARDIUM AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT

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Azman Ateş
Bilgehan Erkurt
İbrahim Yekeler

Abstract

Abstract


Chylopericardium rarely occurs after open heart surgery wia median sternotomy. It's formation on the early postoperative period and treatment was examined on a 26-year-old male patient who was diagnosed advanced mitral stenosis and was undergone mitral valve replacement via median sternotomy.


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