Tumor embolism to lad during pneumonectomy. A case report

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-321

  Shah, R ^a   Sabanatham, S ^a   Bembridge, J ^a   Mearns, A J ^a   Shorrock, K ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Left anterior descending artery; Pneumonectomy; Tumor embolism, intraoperative

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR EMBOLISM; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PNEUMONECTOMY;

EID: 0029920199     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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