Diagnosis and Management of Persistent Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 616-619

  Riedel, Bernhard ^a   Lim, Jeffrey ^a   Brauer, Kirk ^a   Shaw, Andrew ^a   Reardon, Michael ^a   Rice, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

neoplasms; persistant pulmonary thromboembolism; pulmonary artery mass

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SARCOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746333309     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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