Causes and presenting features of pulmonary infarctions in 43 cases identified by surgical lung biopsy

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1178-1183

  Parambil, Joseph G ^a   Savci, C Dilara ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Ryu, Jay H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung biopsy; Lung torsion; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING HABIT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TORSION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 19044374673     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.4.1178     Document Type: Review

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