Successful conservative management of coronary artery rupture: Role of post pericardiotomy adhesions as a protective barrier

Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-134

  Goel, Pravin Kumar ^a   Moorthy, Nagaraja ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Complications; Coronary artery rupture; Coronary perforation; Pericardiotomy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; RAPAMYCIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; CORONARY ARTERY RUPTURE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TISSUE ADHESION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84873617110     PISSN: 18684300     EISSN: 18684297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12928-012-0130-3     Document Type: Article

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