Upper limb ischemia in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1137-1140

  Maia, Miguel ^a   Brandão, Pedro ^a   Monteiro, Pedro ^a   Barreto, Paulo ^a   Brandão, Daniel ^a   Ferreira, Joana ^a   Braga, Sandrina ^a   Vaz, Guedes ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR DE VILA NOVA DE GAIA ESPINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Small vessel vasculitis; Upper limb ischemia; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENOXAPARIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLICLAZIDE; HEPARIN; ISONIAZID; METFORMIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPISTAXIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 57349103093     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.183681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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