Renal infarction mimicking renal colic in patient with a prosthetic aortic valve

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 595-596

  Davutoglu, Vedat ^a,b   Yildirim, C ^a   Gunay, N ^a   Turkmen, S ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; COLIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 23344453250     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.011692     Document Type: Article

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