Lung perfusion scans and hemodynamics in acute and chronic pulmonary embolism

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 980-983

  Azarian, Réza ^a   Wartski, Myriam ^a   Collignon, Marie Anne ^a   Parent, Florence ^a   Hervé, Philippe ^a   Sors, Hervé ^a   Simonneau, Gérald ^a  

^a Hop Antoine Béclère ^*

Author keywords

Pulmonary artery pressure; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary hypertension; Thromboendarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0031004605     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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