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KMID : 0604020140290020123
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Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
2014 Volume.29 No. 2 p.123 ~ p.125
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Isolated Chylopericardium after Mitral Valve Replacement: the First Description of Adult Heart Disease in Korea
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Kim Su-Wan
Lee Seog-Jae
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Abstract
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Isolated chylopericardium as a complication of cardiac surgery is very rare. Two cases of chylopericardium have been previously reportedin Korea; both patients suffered from chylopericardium after a corrective cardiac surgery for a congenital heart disease such asatrial or ventricular septal defect. We report a case of chylopericardium in a 55-year-old mitral valve replacement patient. The reason forchylopericardium was unclear, but it might have been related with the damaged lymph nodes and blunt dissection of the thymus. Whilemost chylopericardium cases require surgical intervention, we managed this chylopericardium case with a low-fat diet for 3 days.
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KEYWORD
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chylopericardium, chylothorax, complications, mitral valve, pericardial effusion
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