Pulmonary artery aneurysm: Is surgery always indicated?

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 431-436

  Casselman, F ^a   Meyns, B ^a   Herygers, P ^a   Verougstraete, L ^b   Van Elst, F ^b   Daenen, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b St Trudoziekenhuis ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Congenital; Dilatation; Pulmonary artery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031449061     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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