A 45-year-old man with left lung hypoperfusion and possible pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1032-1036

  Edelson, Jonathan ^a   Shah, Rakesh ^a   Ost, David ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 23744509459     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.1032     Document Type: Article

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