Massive pulmonary embolism and acute limb ischaemia in a patient of hereditary spherocytosis and patent foramen ovale

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 742-744

  Agarwal, S K ^a   Binbrek, A S ^a   Thompson, James A ^b   Siddiqui, Safia A P ^a  

^a RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary spherocytosis; Paradoxical embolism; Patent foramen ovale closure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; D DIMER; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEVICE; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYSPNEA; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; TRAVEL;

EID: 78149466406     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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