Swan Ganz catheter - All in a knot

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-520

  Colbert, S ^a,b   O'Hanlon, D M ^a   Quill, D S ^a   Keane, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Invasive monitoring; Pulmonary artery catheter; Swan Ganz

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

EID: 0031445086     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199709000-00007     Document Type: Article

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