Cardiac arrest without physical cardiac injury during Nuss repair of pectus excavatum

Abstract Background Cardiac arrest is a lethal complication of Nuss repair of pectus excavatum which is strongly related to heart or big vessels injury. A rare case developed cardiac arrest without direct cardiac injury during Nuss procedure is presented in this article. Case Presentation In July 20...

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Main Authors: Jianyong Zou, Canqiao Luo, Zhenguo Liu, Chao Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0624-2