PleurX® catheter for the management of refractory pleural effusions in congestive heart failure

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-43

  Herlihy, James P ^a,c   Loyalka, Pranav ^b   Gnananandh, Jayaraman ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^b   Dahlberg, Carl G W ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^b   Delgado III, Reynolds M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Catheters, indwelling; Drainage methods; Heart failure, congestive; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; PLEURX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; TIME; TUBE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHEST TUBES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749114819     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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