Late quadriplegia after adult coarctation repair

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 268-270

  Peters, Paul ^a   Brennan, Jeffrey W ^a   Hughes, Clifford F ^a   McGee Collett, Martin ^a   Parker, Geoffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC COARCTATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037235065     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04126-7     Document Type: Article

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