title: Delayed presentation of diaphragmatic rupture: an unusual case of dyspnea.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit.
authors.forename: Fotini C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ampatzidou
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, General Hospital G Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece. harisdoc76@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Charilaos-Panagiotis C
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Koutsogiannidis
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, General Hospital G Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Madesis
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit.
authors.forename: Maria N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sileli
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, General Hospital G Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: George E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Drossos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging