Presentation, diagnosis, and management of arterial mycotic pseudoaneurysms in injection drug users

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 652-662

  Tsao, Jack W ^a,b   Marder, Shelley R ^a,b   Goldstone, Jerry ^a,b   Bloom, Allan I ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036711071     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0124-6     Document Type: Article

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