Remission of high-output heart failure after surgical repair of 30 months arteriovenous femoral fistula: Case report

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-97

  Bajraktari, Gani ^a   Rexhepaj, Nehat ^a   Bakalli, Aurora ^a   Shaqiri, Gazmend ^a   Osmani, Eshref ^a   Vokrri, Lulzim ^a   Elezi, Shpend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER OF KOSOVO   (Serbia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, HIGH; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34247276144     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20041172     Document Type: Article

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