Coronary Embolization in Bullet Wounds: Role of Perioperative Coronary Angiography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 274-276

  Raisky, Olivier ^a   Metton, Olivier ^a   Henaine, Roland ^a   Salih, Caner ^a   Obadia, Jean François ^a   Ninet, Jean ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; WEAPON;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34250353024     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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