Diagnosis and treatment of paradoxical embolus

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 860-865

  Travis, Jeffrey A ^a   Fuller, Stanley B ^a   Ligush Jr , John ^a   Plonk Jr , George W ^a   Geary, Randolph L ^a   Hansen, Kimberley J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035511972     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118815     Document Type: Article

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