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Successful management of empyema in a patient with a total artificial heart William F. Polito, MD, Francisco A. Arabia, MD, Pei H. Tsau, MD, Venki Paramesh, MD, Daniel S. Woolley, MD, Raj K. Bose, MD, Gulshan K. Sethi, MD, Jack G. Copeland, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages 610-611 (August 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00157-7

Fig 1 Computerized chest tomogram revealing a right-sided empyema and the CardioWest total artificial heart. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 610-611DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00157-7)