Retrieval of an IV catheter fragment from the pulmonary artery 11 years after embolization

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Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1209-1211

  Thanigaraj, Srihari ^a   Panneerselvam, Ayyasamy ^b   Yanos, John ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body embolization; Indwelling venous catheters; IV foreign bodies; Peripherally inserted central catheters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0034094362     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.4.1209     Document Type: Article

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