Giant right atrial thrombus: A life-threatening complication of long-term central venous access catheters

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 865-868

  Ellis, Peter K ^a   Kidney, David D ^a   Deutsch, Larry Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium, thrombosis; Catheters and catheterization, central venous access; Catheters and catheterization, complications; Heart, thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030668061     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(97)70675-4     Document Type: Article

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