Right ventricular laceration caused by an intact sternal wire: a rare complication of median sternotomy.
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery,  University of Verona Medical School, Verona,  Italy.
Alessio
A
Rungatscher
Daniele
D
Linardi
Bartolomeo
B
Chiominto
Giuseppe
G
Faggian
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation