Acute occlusion of abdominal aorta: Unusual embolization site for a cardiac tumor mass

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Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-419

  Veroux, Pierfrancesco ^a   Mignosa, Carmelo ^a   Veroux, Massimiliano ^a   Bartoloni, Giovanni ^a   Bonanno, Maria Giovanna ^a   Tumminelli, Maria Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta occlusion; Atrial myxoma; Embolization; Paraplegia; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0036757645     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800514     Document Type: Article

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