Dilatative percutaneous tracheostomy during double antiplatelet therapy: Two consecutive cases

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 565-567

  Cabrini, L ^a   Bergonzi, Pier Carlo ^a   Mamo, D ^a   Dedola, E ^a   Colombo, S ^a   Morero, S ^a   Mucci, M ^a   Torri, G ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, balloon; Platelet aggregation inhibitors; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 56749106023     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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