Revisiting a traditional technique in vascular intervention: Use of self-made wire snares for retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies

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Congress:

ECR 2015

Poster Number:

C-1536

Type:

Scientific Exhibit

Keywords:

Foreign bodies, Technical aspects, Removal, Cost-effectiveness, Catheter venography, Catheter arteriography, Veins / Vena cava, Vascular, Interventional vascular

Authors:

M. Jehangir, A. Rana, E. M. Kiani; Islamabad/PK

DOI:

10.1594/ecr2015/C-1536

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ecr2015/C-1536

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