Esophageal perforation by echoprobe during cardiac surgery: Treatment by endoscopic stenting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1955-1957

  Nana, Albert M ^a   Stefanidis, Constantin ^a   Chami, Jean Pierre ^a   Deviere, Jacques ^a   Barvais, Luc ^a   De Smet, Jean Marie ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICAL PROBE; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037636461     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04831-2     Document Type: Article

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