Successful lung transplantation from a donor with a saddle pulmonary embolus

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1137-1139

  Frenia, Douglas ^a   Nathan, Steven D ^b   Ahmad, Shahzad ^b   Guerrero, Melanie ^a   Distefano, David ^c   Massamiano, Paul ^d   Lefrak, Edward ^d   Burton, Nelson ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Washington Regional Transplant Consortium   (United States)

^d Fairfax Hospital Falls Church   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NOSE FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THEORY; TIME;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744448561     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.06.027     Document Type: Article

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