Surgical treatment of posttraumatic foreign bodies in the heart or great vessels

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2018-2020

  Jiang, Chun Li ^a   Gu, Tian Xiang ^a   Wang, Chun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Foreign bodies; Heart injuries; Thoracic injuries; Vascular surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AORTA; HEART INJURY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33847112540     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200612010-00013     Document Type: Article

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