Entrapment of a guide wire during percutaneous occlusion of a coronary artery fistula

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 287-289

  De Wolf, Daniël ^a   De Coster, Freddy ^a   Verhaaren, Henri ^a   Matthys, Dirk ^a   Taeymans, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coil; Coronary fistula; Paediatric; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 0032430297     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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