Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: Lung transplantation as a therapeutic option

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1425-1428

  Reynaud Gaubert, M ^a   Thomas, P ^a   Gaubert, J Y ^b   Pietri, P ^a   Garbe, L ^a   Giudicelli, R ^a   Orehek, J ^a   Fuentes, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Lung transplantation; Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033381745     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.14614259     Document Type: Article

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