Pericardial tamponade and death from Hickman catheter perforation

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 994-997

  Murray, Bruce H ^a,b   Cohle, Stephen D ^a   Davison, Paul ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEATH; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN RUPTURE;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0029852849     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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