Postpneumonectomy pulmonary artery stump thrombosis: CT features and imaging follow-up

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 338-341

  Kwek, Boon Han ^a   Wittram, Conrad ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IOPAMIDOL; IOXILAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY ARTERY STUMP THROMBOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25144473039     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2371041686     Document Type: Article

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