Popliteal venous aneurysm, a cause of pulmonary embolism

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-224

  Sigg, P ^a   Koella, Ch ^b   Stobe C ^b   Jeanneret, Ch ^a,c  

^a Angiologie   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^c Infectious Disease Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aneurysmectomy; Pulmonary embolism; Vena cava inferior filter; Venous popliteal aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEAL VEIN; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0344873097     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.32.4.221     Document Type: Article

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