Endobronchial ultrasound for detection of tracheomalacia from chronic compression by vascular ring

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-301

  Lee, Pyng ^a   Low, Su Ying ^a   Liew, Han Lim ^a   Tan, Diana ^b   Eng, Philip ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Double arch aorta; Endobronchial ultrasonography; Tracheomalacia; Vascular ring

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STENT; SUPINE POSITION; TRACHEA TUMOR; TRACHEOMALACIA; VASCULAR RING; WHEEZING;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33846936188     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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