title: Management of a catheter-induced pulmonary artery rupture: early presentation after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: A frail, 79-year-old woman with small body habitus was admitted for elective coronary artery bypass surgery. She was known to have long-standing chronic stable angina with recent deterioration. Her only risk factor for coronary artery disease was that she was an ex-smoker of 6 years.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nnamdi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nwaejike
authors.forename: Pramod
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonde
authors.forename: Sally-Anne
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campalani