Venous thromboembolism after uterine fibroid embolization

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1136-1140

  Czeyda Pommersheim, Ferenc ^a   Magee, Shantel T ^a   Cooper, Cirrelda ^a   Hahn, Winnie Y ^a   Spies, James B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Interventional radiology

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750520513     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0245-3     Document Type: Article

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