Transient mediastinal enlargement: An unusual computed tomographic manifestation of pulmonary venous hypertension and congestive heart failure

Respiration

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 216-218

  Miller, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Contractor, Sohail ^a   Maldjian, Pierre ^a   Wolansky, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Congestive heart failure; Helical CT; Mediastinal enlargement; Mediastinum; Pulmonary venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SOFT TISSUE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034077347     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029491     Document Type: Article

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