Airway stenosis associated with a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the common carotid artery

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 242-245

  Masumoto, Hidetoshi ^a   Shimamoto, Mitsuomi ^a   Yamazaki, Fumio ^a   Nakai, Masanao ^a   Fujita, Shoji ^a   Miura, Yujiro ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CITY SHIMIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Mycotic pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT STENOSIS; STENOSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 43549126222     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-008-0230-2     Document Type: Article

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