Surgical management of catheter tip thrombus: Surgical therapy for right atrial thrombus and fungal endocarditis (Candida tropicalis) complicating paediatric sickle-cell disease

Perfusion

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-201

  Hollingsed, Michael J ^a   Morales, J Mark ^b   Roughneen, Patrick T ^b   Burch, Kenneth D ^c  

^a Eastern Heart Associates ^*  (United States)

^b Savannah Children's Heart Center   (United States)

^c Eastern Heart Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0030973480     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765919701200309     Document Type: Article

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