Ruptured pulmonary infarction: A rare, fatal complication of thromboembolic disease

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 639-642

  Wick, Mark R ^a   Ritter, Jon H ^b   Schuller, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG INFARCTION; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; THORAX ORGAN RUPTURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0034123259     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/75.6.639     Document Type: Article

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