Aortic injury resulting from attempted subclavian central venous catheter placement

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-405

  Pan, Deborah ^a   Moore III, Harvey G ^a   Angood, Peter ^a   Rabinovici, Reuven ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0032811199     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199908000-00037     Document Type: Article

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