Pulmonary embolism on postmortem examination: An under-recognized complication in lung-transplant recipients?

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 692-698

  Burns, Karen E A ^a,b   Iacono, Aldo T ^c,d  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL PNEUMONIA; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642403725     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000114308.94880.2A     Document Type: Article

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