Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm of internal mammary artery: Case report and literature review

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-356

  Nasir, Abdul ^a,b   Viola, Nicola ^a   Livesey, Steve A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 67651171601     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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