Right coronary perforation due to a toothpick ingested at a barbeque [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2249-2250

  Gelsomino, Sandro ^a   Romagnoli, Stefano ^a   Stefàno, Pierliugi ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART RUPTURE; INJURY;

AGED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HUMANS;

EID: 19444374366     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200505263522122     Document Type: Letter

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