In situ central pulmonary artery thrombosis in primary pulmonary hypertension

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 696-700

  Agarwal, P P ^a   Wolfsohn, A L ^a   Matzinger, F R ^a   Seely, J M ^a   Peterson, R A ^a   Dennie, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

In situ; Primary pulmonary hypertension; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY;

IN SITU; MOSAIC ATTENUATION; PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBOSIS;

DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33644805028     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850500215501     Document Type: Article

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