Treatment of a case in massive pulmonary embolism through thrombectomy with Angiojet device;Trattamento di un caso di embolia polmonare massiva mediante trombectomia con dispositivo Angiojet

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 302-305

  Speciale, Giulio ^a,b   Pelliccia, Francesco ^a   Vitalone, Vittorio ^a   Segneri, Maria ^a   Valentini, Paola ^a   Richichi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embolization; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PRESSURE; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244498238     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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