How to perform ultrasound-assisted thrombin injection for closure of iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysm

Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-297

  Batson, Robert ^a,b   Falterman, Chester J ^a,c   Craven, James ^a,b   Kerut, Edmund K ^a,c,d,e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Southern Surgical Specialists   (United States)

^c HEART CLINIC OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral; Iatrogenic; Pseudoaneurysm; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL REGION; INJECTION; NEEDLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS; TIME;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 1842791829     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03136.x     Document Type: Article

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