Percutaneous retrieval of a right atrioventricular embolus

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 433-435

  Davies, Roger Philip ^a   Harding, James ^a   Hassam, Rhonda ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Thrombus, retrieval, interventional; Transthoracic echocardiography; Vena cava filter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 0031692733     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900295     Document Type: Article

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