Management of iatrogenic RV injury - RV packing and CPB through PTFE graft attached to femoral artery

• Main Authors: Chirantan V Mangukia (Author), Saket Agarwal (Author), Subodh Satyarthy (Author), Satish Kumar Aggarwal (Author), Vishnu Datt (Author), Deepak Kumar Satsangi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiac injuries during repeat sternotomy are rare. While undergoing debridement for chronic osteomyelitis (post arterial septal defect closure), a 4-year-old girl sustained significant right ventricular (RV) injury. Bleeding from the RV was controlled by packing the injury site, which helped in mai...