Pulmonary thromboembolectomy of donor lungs prior to lung transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1787-1789

  Nguyen, Duc Q ^a   Salerno, Christopher T ^a   Bolman III, R Morton ^a   Park, Soon J ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033064032     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00339-2     Document Type: Article

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