Superior vena cava thrombectomy with the X-SIZER® catheter system in a child with Fontan palliation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Gossett, Jeffrey G ^a   Rocchini, Albert P ^a   Armstrong, Aimee K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fontan; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Stroke; SVC syndrome; Thrombectomy; X SIZER catheter system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBECTOMY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; THROMBECTOMY; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33846004777     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20927     Document Type: Article

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