Severe hemolysis complicating transcatheter occlusion of a patent ductus arteriosus: The importance of elimination of residual flow

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 373-376

  Vavuranakis, Manolis ^a,c   Tzannos, Konstantinos A ^a   Thanopoulos, Basil D ^b   Vlasis, Konstantinos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amplatz goose neck snare; Amplatzer duct occluder; Congenital heart disease in adults; Hemolysis; Patent ductus arteriosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38649109486     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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