A new treatment for severe pulmonary embolism: Percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2498-2500

  Koning, René ^a   Cribier, Alain ^b   Gerber, Lowell ^b   Eltchaninoff, Hélène ^b   Tron, Christophe ^b   Gupta, Vivek ^b   Soyer, Robert ^b   Letac, Brice ^b  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Catheters; Embolism; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030772097     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.8.2498     Document Type: Article

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