Late-Onset Postpneumonectomy Empyema Presenting as Right-Sided Heart Failure: Extrinsic Right Atrial Compression |
NamGung, June
(Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital)
Kwak, Jae-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Choe, Hyun-Min (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Kwon, Sung-Uk (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Doh, Joon-Hyung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Lee, Sung-Yun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Ryoo, Ji-Yoon (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Hur, Gham (Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) Lee, Won-Ro (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital) |
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