Dyspnea after pneumonectomy: The result of an atrial septal defect

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1451-1452

  Zueger, Othmar ^a   Solèr, Markus ^a   Stulz, Peter ^a   Jacob, Augustinus ^a   Perruchoud, André P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DYSPNEA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY;

EID: 0031149349     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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