Intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: A rare cause of pulmonary hypertension;Sarcoma intimal de arteria pulmonar: Una causa infrecuente de hipertensión pulmonar

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-150

  Furest, I ^a   Marin M ^a   Escribano, P ^b   Gomez M A ^b   Cortina, J ^b   Blanquer, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary hypertension; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY INTIMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33645825224     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13085566     Document Type: Article

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