Central pulmonary artery lesions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A transesophageal echocardiography study

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1808-1815

  Russo, Aldo ^a   De Luca, Massimo ^b   Vigna, Carlo ^a   De Rito, Vincenzo ^a   Pacilli, Michele ^a   Lombardo, Antonella ^b   Armillotta, Michele ^a   Fanelli, Raffaele ^a   Loperfido, Francesco ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary heart disease; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032732966     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.17.1808     Document Type: Article

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