Pulmonary hypertension secondary to left-sided heart disease: A cause for ventilation-perfusion mismatch mimicking pulmonary embolism

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 2001, Pages 86-88

  Au, V W K ^a   Jones, D N ^a   Slavotinek, J P ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 0035135610     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.74.877.740086     Document Type: Article

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