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. 2011 Mar;22(1):5–15.

Table 3.

Complications Associated with Cardiac Surgery via Median Sternotomy

  • Myocardial injury

  • Blood loss

  • Atrial fibrillation

  • Pneumonia

  • Memory/cognitive impairment

  • Subxiphoid incisional hernias

  • Brachial plexus injury

  • Superficial incisional infections

  • Sternal instability/mediastinitis