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Chylopericardium as a complication of mitral valve replacement
Y Bar-El1, A Smolinsky, A Yellin
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Thorax
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A patient developed chylopericardium after mitral valve replacement. Although there was early relapse with cardiac tamponade it eventually resolved with conservative management consisting of tube drainage initially and a medium chain triglyceride diet for two months.