Diagnosis of myocardial perforation by a Greenfield filter made by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-375

  De Waele, Jan J ^a,b   De Pauw, Michel ^a,b   Van Belleghem, Yves ^a,b   Van Nooten, Guido ^a,b  

^a University Hospital Ghent ^*

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA FILTER; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART INJURY; INJURY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 0036549185     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.117844     Document Type: Article

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