Resection of an azygos vein aneurysm with thrombosis

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Ishikura, Hisashi ^a   Kimura, Suguru ^a   Fukumura, Yoshiaki ^a   Ohtani, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azygos vein aneurysm; Video assisted thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ANEURYSM; AZYGOS VEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77953564018     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-009-0512-3     Document Type: Article

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