Posterior intercostal hemorrhage following median sternotomy

J Soquet; I Hysi; F Juthier; A Prat; A Vincentelli

doi:10.1111/jocs.12012

Posterior intercostal hemorrhage following median sternotomy

J Card Surg. 2012 Nov;27(6):701-3. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12012.

Authors

J Soquet¹, I Hysi, F Juthier, A Prat, A Vincentelli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.

PMID: 23173856
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12012

Abstract

We report two cases of patients who underwent cardiac surgery and suffered from posterior intercostal artery bleeding. Both cases were treated by transcatheter arterial embolization.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Angiography
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Female
Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Intercostal Muscles / blood supply*
Middle Aged
Peripheral Arterial Disease / therapy*
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Sternotomy*
Thoracic Arteries*