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Re-Exploration for Bleeding or Tamponade after Cardiac Surgery: Impact of Timing and Indication on Outcome

DOI

57

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0

References

2014

Year

Claudius Diez, Philipp Kolat, Marietta von Suesskind-Schwendi, Michael Ried, Çhristof Schmid, Stephan Hirt, Assad Haneya
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

This study suggests that re-exploration after cardiac surgery is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Patients with delayed re-exploration and suffering from cardiac tamponade have adverse outcome.