title: Active clearance technology to maintain chest tube patency: Practical, innovative, unproven.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Electronic address: Nicholas.andersen@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Nicholas D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D061807:Catheter Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000628:therapy*