Trepopnea due to interatrial shunt following lung resection

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1726-1727

  Alfaifi, Salem ^a   Lapinsky, Stephen E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Lung surgery; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031778694     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.6.1726     Document Type: Article

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