The first reported sudden fatality from pulmonary artery compression by a thymic cyst

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 644-645

  Hart, Simon R ^a,b   Ashton Key, Margaret ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0035488826     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.10.1672     Document Type: Article

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