False aneurysm of the pulmonary artery induced by a Swan-Ganz catheter: Clinical presentation and radiologic management

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 941-945

  Ferretti, Gilbert R ^a,b   Thony, Frederic ^a   Link, Kerry M ^b   Durand, Michel ^a   Wollschläger, Katharina ^a   Blin, Dominique ^a   Coulomb, Max ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029748538     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.4.8819388     Document Type: Article

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