Key result
Large pleural effusions affect ~10% of post-CABG patients and typically require therapeutic thoracentesis.
Population
Patients with post-cardiac injury syndrome and those with pleural effusions after coronary artery bypass…
Design
Review
Authors
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Therapeutic thoracentesis remains appropriate for large post-CABG effusions; review extends descriptive data but leaves open randomized prevention trials.
Provides a clinical overview of the etiology, characteristics, and management of pleural effusions following cardiac injury and CABG surgery.
Richard W. Light (2001) conducted a review in Pleural effusions following cardiac injury and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Pleural effusions are common following cardiac injury and CABG surgery, with large post-CABG effusions occurring in approximately 10% of patients and typically managed with therapeutic thoracentesis.
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