Systemic septic embolisation secondary to an atrial myxoma in a young woman

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Veitch, Alice M ^a   Manghat, Nathan E ^a   Kakani, Nirmal K ^a   Lewis, C Terence ^a   Ring, Nicholas J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Septic emboli; Toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAMPON; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYXOMA; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644629546     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0444-x     Document Type: Article

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