Life-threatening hemoptysis following the Fontan procedure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-147

  Bédard, Elisabeth ^a   Lopez, Stéphane ^a   Perron, Jean ^a   Houde, Christine ^b   Couture, Christian ^a   Vaillancourt, Rosaire ^a   Côté, Jean Marc ^b   Delisle, George ^b   LeBlanc, Marie Hélène ^a   Chetaille, Philippe ^b   Lamarre, André ^b   Rodés Cabau, Josep ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortopulmonary collateral vessels; Coil embolization; Fontan procedure; Hemoptysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COIL EMBOLIZATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PNEUMONIA; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 41349099640     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70572-5     Document Type: Letter

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