Bullet embolus from the heart to the right subclavian artery after gunshot wound to the right chest

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1093-1094

  Bilsker, Martin S ^a   Bauerlein, E Joseph ^a   Kamerman, Max L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029807727     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90039-3     Document Type: Article

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