Displacement of mediastinal clips by postoperative mediastinal hemorrhage.
We have reported a case in which the separation of radiopaque surgical clips after cardiac operation proved to be a sensitive sign of mediastinal hemorrhage. Echocardiography was done for confirmation.
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation*