Heart embolization with the Kirschner wire without cardiac tamponade

Forensic Science International

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 138-140

  Stemberga, Valter ^a   Bosnar, Alan ^a   Bralic, Marina ^a   Medved, Igor ^b   Simic, Ognjen ^b   Pocekaj, Lana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Foreign body migration; Heart embolization; Kirschner wire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748976494     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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