Fracture and cardiac migration of an implanted venous catheter

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 532-533

  Sattari, Maryam ^a   Kazory, Amir ^b   Phillips, Robert A ^a  

^a Mcleod Medical Center   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Catheter fracture; Embolization; Port a cath; Venous access device

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 1642579513     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00137-3     Document Type: Article

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