title: Spontaneous Hemothorax Following Cardiac Surgery.
abstract: We report a case of spontaneous hemothorax after aortic valve replacement in a 72-year-old female resulting from rupture of a pleural adhesion leading to hemodynamic instability. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12729 (J Card Surg 2016;31:211-213).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Swapna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puppala
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: O'Regan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome