The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages e18-e20 , July 2010

Ascending aortic injury caused by a fractured sternal wire 28 years after surgical intervention of pectus excavatum

  • Shigetoshi Mieno, MD
    • ,
  • Hideki Ozawa, MD
    • ,
  • Takahiro Katsumata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Takahiro Katsumata, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki-city, Osaka, 569-8686 Japan.

Received 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 5 July 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00917-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.008

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages e18-e20 , July 2010

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