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case_images: 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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case_images: In addition, no significant pleural effusion was observed on repeat chest radiography (Figure 1).
case_images: (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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case_images: 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).
case_images: Postoperative electrocardiogram findings. No significant ST-T changes on postoperative electrocardiogram.
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case_images: The patient's postoperative ECG showed no significant ST-T changes (Figure 3).