Surgical exclusion of a thrombosed azygos vein aneurysm causing pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 834-835

  Nakamura, Yoshitsugu ^a   Nakano, Kiyoharu ^a   Nakatani, Hayao ^a   Fukuda, Takuya ^a   Honda, Kentaro ^a   Homma, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AZYGOS VEIN; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOTOMY; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33847068881     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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