Catheter-induced thrombus in the superior vena cava diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1227-1230

  Weber, T ^a,b   Huemer, G ^a   Tschernich, H ^a   Kranz, A ^b   Imhof, M ^a   Sladen, R N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Superior vena cava thrombosis; TEE; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031794894     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05282.x     Document Type: Article

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