Pulmonary artery dissection: Echocardiographic findings and diagnosis

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-377

  Areco, Daniel ^a,b   Pizzano, Nelson ^a  

^a Sanatorio Casa de Galicia   (Uruguay)

^b NONE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Dissection; Idiopathic dilation; Main pulmonary artery; Pulmonary artery hypertension

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; DISSECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0037737534     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03044.x     Document Type: Article

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