Pulmonary embolism in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis transplant recipients

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Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1758-1763

  Nathan, Steven D ^a   Barnett, Scott D ^b   Urban, Bruce A ^c   Nowalk, Cynthia ^a   Moran, Brian R ^a   Burton, Nelson ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Inova Inst of Res and Education   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Lung diseases; Obstructive; Pulmonary fibrosis; Respiratory function tests; Thromboembolism; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

EID: 0038215610     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.5.1758     Document Type: Article

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