Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism in a patient with a Fontan circulation: Percutaneous management

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 893-896

  Dehghani, Payam ^a   Collins, Nicholas ^a   Horlick, Eric ^a   Benson, Lee ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease in adults; Pulmonary angiography; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; THROMBECTOMY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 38049043408     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21197     Document Type: Article

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