Subxyphoid access of the normal pericardium: A novel drug delivery technique

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-111

  Laham, Roger J ^a   Simons, Michael ^a   Hung, David ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Local delivery; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; MALE; PERICARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 0033033008     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199905)47:1<109::AID-CCD24>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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