Orthopnea in a 75-year-old man after cardiac catheterization

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1442-1445

  Lala, Deepa ^a   Dixon, Anne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BODY POSTURE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DYSPNEA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS;

EID: 19044383222     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.4.1442     Document Type: Article

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