Obstruction of a percutaneous pulmonary valve by an aspergillus mycotic thrombus mimicking massive pulmonary embolus

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alsoufi, Bahaaldin ^a   Al Joufan, Mansour ^a   Al Omrani, Ahmad ^a   Bulbul, Ziad ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 84862893474     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.052     Document Type: Article

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