An adult cystic fibrosis patient presenting with persistent dyspnea: Case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Onady, Gary M ^a   Farinet, Catherine L ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Piketon Res and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; DORNASE ALFA; FLUTICASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LIPID; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PANCREATIN; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; THALLIUM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART BLOCK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 33646875020     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-6-9     Document Type: Article

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