Pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism: Chest radiograph and CT evaluation before and after surgery

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 817-825

  Schmidt, H C ^a   Kauczor, H U ^a   Schild, H H ^b   Renner, C ^a   Kirchhoff, E ^a   Lang, P ^c   Iversen, S ^a   Thelen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Obstruction; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary hypertension; Radiography; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030331577     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00240678     Document Type: Article

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