Isolated unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery: A case report and review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1471-1477

  Derk Jan Ten Harkel, A ^a   Blom, Nico A ^b   Ottenkamp, Jaap ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pulmonary artery agenesis; Pulmonary hypertension; Symptoms; Therapeutics; Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ALTITUDE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY AGENESIS; LUNG INFECTION; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036430307     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.4.1471     Document Type: Article

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