Major cardiac rupture following surgical treatment for deep sternal wound infection.

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Published in Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg on January 27, 2013

Authors

David T Thorsteinsson1, Felix Valsson, Arnar Geirsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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