Paravisceral aortic thrombus as a source of peripheral embolization - Report of three cases and review of the literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 839-843

  Rossi, Peter J ^a,b   Desai, Tina R ^a,b   Skelly, Christopher L ^a,b   Curi, Michael A ^a,b   Glagov, Seymour ^a,b   Schwartz, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a University of Chicago ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBECTOMY; AORTA DISEASE; EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VISCERA;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; THROMBOSIS; VISCERA;

EID: 0036780207     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.126548     Document Type: Article

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