Superior vena cava perforation and cardiac tamponade after filter placement in the superior vena cava: A case report

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-370

  Hussain, Syed M ^a,b   McLafferty, Robert B ^a,b   Schmittling, Zachary C ^a,b   Zakaria, Aamir M ^a,b   Ramsey, Don E ^a,b   Larson, Jennine L ^a,b   Hodgson, Kim J ^a,b  

^a Southern Illinois University School of Medicine ^*

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; BRACHIAL VEIN; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VEIN; VEIN PERFORATION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 23044497707     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900412     Document Type: Article

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