Iatrogenic deep musculocutaneous radiation injury following percutaneous coronary intervention

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 451-453

  Monaco, JoAn L ^b   Bowen, Kanika ^b   Tadros, Peter N ^b   Witt, Peter D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Radiation induced wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE INJURY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN INJURY; THORAX;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; SKIN; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0041464947     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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