Retrograde arterial bullet embolus to the coronary artery: Case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1135-1136

  Jones, David R ^a   Guy, Jeffrey S ^a   Mill, Michael R ^a   Baker, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BULLET; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033039210     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199906000-00034     Document Type: Article

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