Quality improvement guidelines for uterine artery embolization for symptomatic leiomyomata

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-313

  Hovsepian, David M ^a   Siskin, Gary P ^b   Bonn, Joseph ^d   Cardella, John F ^c   Clark, Timothy W I ^e   Lampmann, Leo E ^k   Miller, Donald L ^h   Omary, Reed A ⁱ   Pelage, Jean Pierre ^l   Rajan, Dheeraj ^m   Schwartzberg, Marc S ^j   Towbin, Richard B ^f   Walker, Woodruff J ⁿ   Sacks, David ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Radiology Associates of Central Florida   (United States)

^k CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^l HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁿ ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GELATIN; MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALAISE; MENORRHAGIA; METRITIS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTEMBOLIZATION SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYNDROME; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY FREQUENCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS MYOMA; VOMITING;

EID: 3843099139     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0087-4     Document Type: Review

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