Chylothorax after aortic valve replacement.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Abide-i Hurriyet Cad., No: 290, Caglayan, Sisli, Istanbul 80290, Turkey.

Published: June 2006

A 71-year-old-man was diagnosed with chylothorax after aortic valve replacement. He was treated with a low-fat diet and pleural drainage with thoracentesis. The pleural effusion completely resolved by the 14th postoperative day.

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