Surgical treatment of an amniotic fluid embolism with cardiopulmonary collapse

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1694-1696

  Lee, Peter H U ^a   Shulman, Mark S ^a   Vellayappan, Usha ^a   Symes, James F ^a,b   Olenchock Jr , Stephen A ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; PREGNANCY; RETRACTED ARTICLE; SHOCK;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SHOCK;

EID: 78049316841     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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