Cor pulmonale and respiratory failure in a young woman

Respiration

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 549-551

  Brusselle, G ^a   Van Nooten, G ^a   Delrue, L ^a   Vanwalleghem, L ^a   Dhaene, K ^a   Renard, V ^a   Joos, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary thrombectomy; Respiratory failure; Tumor embolism

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COR PULMONALE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA, NON-GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26444496464     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087154     Document Type: Article

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