Surgical intervention to remove an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 526-528

  Darwazah, Ahmad K ^a   Abu Sham'a, Raed A H ^a   Yassin, Izzedin H ^a   Islim, Ismail ^a  

^a Al Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 36549074668     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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