Acute massive pulmonary embolism after migration of an inferior vena cava filter to the right ventricle

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 532-533

  Konstantinov, Igor E ^a   Saxena, Pankaj ^a   Stewart, Nathan ^a   Newman, Mark A J ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FILTER; FOREIGN BODY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33846247110     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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