Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 52-54 , February 2009

Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Pseudoaneurysm Rupture Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade

Received 24 August 2007 ,Revised 14 October 2007 ,Accepted 17 October 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)00905-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.10.002

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