A rare complication of coronary arteriography
β Scribed by ter Woorst, F. J. ;Berry, L. L. ;de Swart, H. J. ;van Ommen, V. A. ;Prenger, K. B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 16 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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β¦ Synopsis
We describe a 66-year-old man with acute mesenteric ischemia and myocardial ischemia within 6 hr after coronary arteriography. He underwent successful emergency surgery with embolectomy of the mesenteric artery and coronary artery bypass grafting. Cathet.
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