Acute chest pain and tamponading left hemothorax: an unusual presentation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, ABM University Health Board, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.

Published: March 2011

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