Massive air embolus treated with rheolytic thrombectomy

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Dudar, Basil M ^a,b   Kim, Henry E ^b  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPTIFIBATIDE; FLUINDOSTATIN; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; INSULIN; RETEPLASE;

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; AORTA; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; SUCTION; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 34447274967     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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