PLICATURA DIAFRAGMÁTICA EN PACIENTE CON PARÁLISIS DEL HEMIDIAFRAGMA DERECHO TRAS CIRUGÍA CARDÍACA / Diaphragmatic plicature in a patient presenting a paralysis of the right hemidiaphragm after cardiac surgery

PLICATURA DIAFRAGMÁTICA EN PACIENTE CON PARÁLISIS DEL HEMIDIAFRAGMA DERECHO TRAS CIRUGÍA CARDÍACA / Diaphragmatic plicature in a patient presenting a paralysis of the right hemidiaphragm after cardiac surgery

The paralysis of the hemidiaphragm can take place due to different causes, one of them is heart surgery, but it has as common factor the presence of phrenic nerve paralysis. The case of a 53 year-old woman who had received the implant of a mitral prosthesis two years ago and now required an emergenc...

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Main Authors: Carlos Osorio Gómez, Carlos Santana Santana, Álvaro L. Lagomasino Hidalgo, Jorge Méndez Martínez, Yolepsis F. Quintero Fleites, Noel L. Castillo García, Gustavo Bermúdez Yera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara 2009-05-01
Series:CorSalud
Subjects:
thoracic surgery
respiratory paralysis
phrenic nerve
Online Access:http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/cors/pdf/2009/v1n1a09/plicatura.pdf

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