Pulmonary embolism with duplicated inferior vena cava

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1111-1113

  Kouroukis, Chrisostomos ^a,b   Leclerc, Jacques R ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; computed tomography; congenital anomaly; duplex ultrasound; duplicated inferior vena cava; inferior vena cava; pulmonary embolism; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030002814     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1111     Document Type: Article

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