Cardiac Tamponade and Pulmonary Embolism as a Complication of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 299-301

  Caynak, Baris ^a   Onan, Burak ^a   Sagbas, Ertan ^a   Duran, Cihan ^a   Akpinar, Belhhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 57649146480     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.074     Document Type: Article

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