Massive right atrial thrombosis due to Hickman catheter requiring open heart surgery: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 425-428

  Latif, Tahir ^a   Steiman, David M ^a   Gagaoudakis, Patricia ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBCLAVIAN ANGIOGRAPHY; THROMBOGENESIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034969138     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970105200609     Document Type: Article

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