Management of Retrosternal Goitre with Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-314

  Tsang, Flora H F ^a   Wan, Innes Y P ^a   Lee, T W ^a   Ng, S K ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Median sternotomy; Retrosternal goitre; Superior vena cava obstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

AGED; FEMALE; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 34347359659     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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