Sewing needle in the heart

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-65

  Talwar, Sachin ^a   Subramaniam, K Ganapathy ^a   Subramanian, Anandaraja ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Kumar, A Sampath ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCEPS; FOREIGN BODY; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644555862     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230601400116     Document Type: Review

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