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Deep Sternal Wire Infection Resulting in Severe Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis
Sekar S. Bhavani, MS, FRCS, Worawong Slisatkorn, MD, Susan J. Rehm, MD, Gosta B. Pettersson, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages (September 2006) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Computed tomographic scan cut at the level of the pulmonary valve showing the wire inside the lumen and vegetations. The patent internal thoracic artery (ITA) is seen lateral to the pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 Operative photograph showing the wire traversing the lumen of the right ventricular outflow tract and vegetations in the right ventricular outflow tract and on the pulmonary valve. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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