Fatal high altitude pulmonary edema associated with absence of the left pulmonary artery

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 405-406

  Schoene, R B ^a  

^a St John Providence Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Absent pulmonary artery; High altitude pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLIMBING; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATALITY; HEADACHE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY ATRESIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; AUTOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 0035184503     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290152608570     Document Type: Article

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