Kirschner wire embolization to the heart: An unusual cause of pericardial tamponade

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 291-293

  Coodsctt, James R ^a,c   Andrew, C ^a   Glasjnj, Jeffrey N ^b   Schapira, Marilyn M ^c  

^a Department of Medicine

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Embolism; Kirschner wire; Pericardial tamponade; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032906953     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.291     Document Type: Article

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