Respiratory failure and deconditioning caused by phrenic nerve paralysis in a patient after coronary artery bypass graft and valve replacement: a case report

J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2000 Nov-Dec;20(6):389-91. doi: 10.1097/00008483-200011000-00009.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiovascular Deconditioning*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Phrenic Nerve*
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Respiratory Paralysis / etiology*