Pulmonary Endarteritis and Subsequent Embolization to the Lung as a Complication of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A Case Report

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-102

  Bilge, Mehmet ^a   Üner, Abdurrahman ^b   Özeren, Ali ^a   Aydin, Mustafa ^a   Demirel, Fatma ^a   Ermiş, Bahri ^a   Özkökeli, Mehmet ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDARTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ENDARTERITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0345832249     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500115     Document Type: Article

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