Nonsurgical extraction of intracardiac double-knotted pulmonary artery catheter

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-162

  Ismail, Khaled M ^a   Deckmyn, Thomas J ^a   Vandermeersch, Eugene ^a,b   Stockx, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Anaesthesiology ^*

Author keywords

Catheter, pulmonary artery; Complications, catheter knotting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LAPAROTOMY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0032031971     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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