Endovascular foreign body retrieval from right side of the heart: A case series of six patients [2]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-144

  Cioppa, Angelo ^a   Ambrosini, Vittorio ^a   Battaglia, Salvatore ^a   Lo Muzio, Maria Letizia ^a   Popusoy, Gregory ^a   Salemme, Luigi ^a   Sorropago, Giovanni ^a   Tesorio, Tullio ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a   Mottola, Gaetano ^a   Rubino, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Heart; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETER; FEMORAL VEIN; FOREIGN BODY; HEART; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13844314809     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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