Comparison of normal and diseased pulmonary artery morphology by intravascular ultrasound and histological examination

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-231

  Stähr, Peter ^a   Rupprecht, Hans Jürgen ^a   Voigtländer, Thomas ^a   Otto, Mike ^a   Rudigier, Katja ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^c   Kearney, Peter ^b   Meyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasonography; Pulmonary artery catheterization; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THROMBUS;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0345411368     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006146422068     Document Type: Article

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