Low-grade haemostatic activation and increased fibrin turnover due to a retained central venous guide wire, found accidentally after eight years

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 852-853

  Blinc, Aleš ^a   Šabovič, Mišo ^a   Bosžič, Mojca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GUIDE WIRE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETAINED INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845355262     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/th06-09-0522     Document Type: Article

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