Port-a-cath perforation of the right atrium closed with an amplatzer ASD occluder

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-60

  Wani, Sunil ^a   Dick, Florian ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Closure device; Indwelling catheter; Right atrial perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PERFORATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; PERFORATION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34447128159     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21051     Document Type: Article

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