title: Posterior intercostal hemorrhage following median sternotomy.
abstract: We report two cases of patients who underwent cardiac surgery and suffered from posterior intercostal artery bleeding. Both cases were treated by transcatheter arterial embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soquet
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hysi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Juthier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vincentelli
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D056346:Sternotomy; D013895:Thoracic Arteries