Transcatheter embolisation of an enlarging acquired coronary arteriovenous fistula in a heart transplant recipient

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-205

  Eccleshall, S C ^a   Pitt, M ^a   Townend, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Heart transplantation; Transcatheter embolisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030774768     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.2.203     Document Type: Article

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