Impending paradoxical embolus: Clinical imaging and successful surgical treatment

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-170

  Van Dantzig, Jan M ^a   Cheriex, Emile C ^a   Snoep, Gabriel ^a   Prenger, Kees B ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Impending paradoxical embolism; Pulmonary emboli; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLECTOMY; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031791161     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006092525412     Document Type: Article

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