Unusual presentation of nickel allergy requiring explantation of an amplatzer atrial septal occluder device

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Rabkin, David G ^a   Whitehead, Kevin J ^a   Michaels, Andrew D ^a,b   Powell, Douglas L ^a   Karwande, S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249135542     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20427     Document Type: Article

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