Fatal pulmonary embolism of polyvinyl alcohol particles following therapeutic embolisation of a peripheral arteriovenous malformation

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wijeyaratne, Serosha Mandika ^a   Ubayasiri, Ranjuka Arushana ^b   Weerasinghe, Charitha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Colombo National Hospital Surgery ^*  (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 84879022720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2009.1635     Document Type: Article

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