The Annals of thoracic surgery
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We report a case of traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation and late presentation with transient ischemic attacks caused by the presence of a right-to-left shunt through a small atrial septal defect.
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Traditional management of chest tubes after a wedge resection of peripheral pulmonary tissue often lasts several days. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of early chest tube removal in the recovery room after uncomplicated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical wedge resections of the lung. ⋯ Early chest tube removal after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical wedge resection of peripheral pulmonary tissue appears to be a safe and cost-effective practice if strict criteria for removal are met.