Fatal pulmonary embolus after uterine artery fibroid embolisation

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1080-1082

  Hamoda, Haitham ^a   Tait, P ^b   Edmonds, D K ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Fibroid embolisation; Interventional radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69949126457     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9589-4     Document Type: Article

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