Extensive pulmonary arterial thrombi in situ in association with atrial septal defect

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 640-642

  Ito, Hisao ^a   Nanka, Shunsuke ^b   Ishibashi, Tadashi ^c  

^a Miyagi Cardiovasc and Resp Center   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Lung perfusion scan; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary thrombi in situ; Virtual CT angioscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGITALIS; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038268798     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.640     Document Type: Article

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