Massive haemothorax due to subclavian artery rupture: emergency thoracotomy or primary stent-grafting?

Heart Lung Circ. 2010 Jul;19(7):431. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.08.002. Epub 2009 Sep 16.

Authors

Nikolaos G Baikoussis¹, Stavros N Siminelakis, Miltiadis Matsagas, Lampros K Michalis

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital, Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 20005779
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.08.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Clavicle / injuries*
Fractures, Bone / complications*
Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging*
Hemothorax / etiology*
Hemothorax / surgery
Humans
Male
Radiography
Rupture
Stents
Subclavian Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Subclavian Artery / injuries*
Subclavian Artery / surgery