Diagnosis and management of left main stem bronchus compression

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 461-465

  Goldman, Steven A ^a,b   Meza, Manuel P ^a   Rimell, Frank L ^c   Newman, Beverly ^a,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Box 396   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Bronchus; Congenital disorders; Trachea; Vascular compression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0030973202     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949710600603     Document Type: Article

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