Emergent Z stent placement for treatment of cor pulmonale due to pulmonary emboli after failed lytic treatment: Technical considerations

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 254-255

  Koizumi, Jun ^a,b   Kusano, Shoichi ^a   Akima, Takashi ^a   Isoda, Kikuo ^a   Hikita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Cor pulmonale; Pulmonary embolism; Stent placement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COR PULMONALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 0031835176     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900257     Document Type: Article

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