Unilateral proximal interruption of the pulmonary artery in adults: CT findings in eight patients

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 777-783

  Sakai, Shuji ^a   Murayama, Sadayuki ^b   Soeda, Hiroyasu ^a   Furuya, Akio ^a   Ono, Minoru ^c   Ro, Tokugen ^d   Akamine, Tamaki ^b   Masuda, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography, high resolution; Congenital anomalies; Pulmonary artery; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ARCH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, HIGH RESOLUTION; CONGENITAL ANOMALY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; PARENCHYMAL BANDS; PULMONARY ARTERY; STUDY GROUPS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH INTERRUPTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENCHYMA; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036761189     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200209000-00019     Document Type: Article

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