Tracheomalacia Incidentally Detected on CT Pulmonary Angiography of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1505-1509

  Hasegawa, Ichiro ^a,b   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a   Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SYMPTOM; TRACHEA; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 0345275914     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.6.1811505     Document Type: Article

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