Omental infarction associated with right-sided heart failure

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1130-1132

  Wiesner, W ^a   Kaplan, V ^b   Bongartz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Computed tomography; Ischemia; Omental infarction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MALE; MELENA; NAUSEA; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; OMENTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033933905     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003309900276     Document Type: Article

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