Surgical embolectomy in acute massive pulmonary embolism

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Amirghofran, Ahmad A ^a   Emami Nia, Abbas ^a   Javan, Ramin ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 34248332178     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500214     Document Type: Article

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