Left internal mammary artery perforation during Swan-Ganz catheter insertion

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-319

  Kulkarni, Rachana ^a   Moreyra, Abel E ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemothorax; Left internal mammary artery; Perforation; Swan Ganz catheter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PERFORATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031803926     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199807)44:3<317::AID-CCD15>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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