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Ann Thorac Surg 1994;57:1023-1024
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Migration of sternal wire into ascending aorta

Stephen R. Hazelrigg, MD*, Bernard Staller, MD

St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Accepted for publication July 26, 1993.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Hazelrigg, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, PO Box 19230, Springfeld, IL 62794-9230.

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.




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