Outcome of 350 implanted chest ports placed by interventional radiologists

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 991-995

  Shetty, P C ^a   Mody, Malay K ^a   Kastan, David J ^a   Sharma, Rajinder P ^a   Burke, Matthew W ^a   Venugopal, Chandra ^a   Burke, Thomas H ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheters and catheterization, central venous access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030726793     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(97)70699-7     Document Type: Article

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