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Imaging findings. (A) Chest X-ray shows bilateral drainage tubes and no obvious signs of pleural effusion. (B) No signs of pericardial tamponade or pericardial effusion on echocardiogram in left ventricular long-axis view.
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In addition, no significant pleural effusion was observed on repeat chest radiography (Figure 1).
(A,B) Active bleeding from the anterior right ventricular branch (a branch of the right coronary artery) observed at different angles in the same operative field during exploratory thoracotomy.
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After cleaning the accumulated blood, exploration continued to reveal active bleeding in the anterior branch of the right ventricular coronary artery which had a half a millimeter long tear (Figure 2).
Postoperative electrocardiogram findings. No significant ST-T changes on postoperative electrocardiogram.
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The patient's postoperative ECG showed no significant ST-T changes (Figure 3).