Primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Treatment with thromboendarterectomy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 772-775

  Sandoval, Julio ^a   Amigo, Mary Carmen ^a   Barragan, Rodolfo ^a   Izaguirre, Raul ^a   Reyes, Pedro A ^a   Martinez Guerra, Maria Luisa ^a   Palomar, Andres ^a   Gomez, Arturo ^a   Garcia Torres, Romeo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Primary antiphospholipid syndrome; Pulmonary hypertension; Thromboendarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0029927641     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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