Thrombus on indwelling central venous catheters: The histopathology of 'fibrin sheaths'

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-197

  Suojanen, James Norman ^a,b   Brophy, David Paul ^a   Nasser, Imad ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b South Shore Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheters and catheterization; Catheters, indwelling; Central venous access; Complications; Dialysis, shunts; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033916677     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002700010042     Document Type: Article

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