Author/Authors :
Karimi, A. tehran university of medical sciences tums - Tehran Heart Centre - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, تهران, ايران , Salehi Omran, A. tehran university of medical sciences tums - Tehran Heart Centre - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, تهران, ايران , Yazdanifard, P. tehran university of medical sciences tums - Tehran Heart Centre - Department of Clinical Research, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
As previous studies have revealed, postoperative chylothorax is a rare complication of cardiothoracic surgery procedures, especially myocardial revascularization.It occurs in less than 1% of thoracic procedures and 0.6%–0.8% of cases of cardiovascular surgery.