Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 849-851 , July 2010

Internal mammary artery injury during central venous catheter insertion for TPN: Rare but fatal

  • Haggi Mazeh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972-2-5844550; fax: + 972-2-5844584.
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  • Bilal Alaiyan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ori Vald, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Ido Mizrahi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Alexander Klimov, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ahmed Eid, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Herbert R. Freund, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center & Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 21 October 2009 ,Accepted 1 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.01.001

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 849-851 , July 2010

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