Endovascular Treatment of Massive Thoracic Aortic Thrombus and Associated Ruptured Atheroma

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416.e9-416.e12

  Wolf, Patrick S ^a   Burman, H E Guy ^b   Starnes, Benjamin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Ketchikan General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MASSIVE THORACIC AORTIC THROMBUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURED ATHEROMA; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISCERA;

EID: 77649191714     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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