Fatal occlusion of the left coronary main stem by a fragment from the femoral artery: A previously unreported complication of cardiac catheterization

Forensic Science International

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Veijola, Mikko ^a   Ikäheimo, Markku ^a   Valkama, Juhani ^a   Hirvonen, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Femoral artery puncture; Heart catheterization; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA); Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RESUSCITATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 17444442930     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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