Successful resuscitation of a patient with acute massive pulmonary embolism using emergent embolectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 697-699

  Georghiou, Georgios P ^b   Brauner, Ron ^b   Berman, Marius ^b   Stamler, Alon ^b   Glanz, Lucio ^b   Vidne, Bernardo A ^a   Erez, Eldad ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0442308027     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00755-0     Document Type: Article

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