Selective management of embolized intracardiac missiles

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 290-292

  Gandhi, Sanjiv K ^b   Marts, Boyd C ^b   Mistry, Bhargav M ^b   Brown, John W ^b   Durham, Rodney M ^b   Mazuski, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MISSILE WOUND; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200520     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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