Removal of knotted intravascular devices. Case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-194

  Karanikas, I D ^a   Polychronidis, A ^b   Vrachatis, A ^a   Arvanitis, D P ^a   Simopoulos, C E ^b   Lazarides, M K ^a,b,c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catheter; Complications; Guidewire; Knot; Pulmonary artery catheter; Surgical removal

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; MORTALITY; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TECHNIQUE; FOREIGN BODY; INDWELLING CATHETER;

AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036511882     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2001.1591     Document Type: Review

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