Retrieval of Silastic catheter fragment from heart in septic thromboembolism complicating aplastic anemia

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 794-796

  Dakshinamurti, Shyamala ^a   Ducas, John ^a   Odim, Jonah N K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Pediatric Cardiac Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac foreign body; Central line complications; Embolism; Multilumen catheters; Silastic catheters

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLLAPSE; EMBOLISM; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEPSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0029826117     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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