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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:196
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Ralph D. Siewers, MDa a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

e-mail: siewerr@heart.chp.edu

This is another helpful paper from the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. Postoperative pericardial and pleural effusions are not uncommon, especially in postoperative patients with certain congenital heart diagnoses. Conditions that result in elevated right atrial or superior vena caval pressures not infrequently have pericardial and pleural effusions postoperatively, and it is not surprising that the large database from . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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