Dual Thrombosis of the Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Anastomotic Sites After Single Lung Transplantation: Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Management

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438.e9-438.e12

  Fadel, Bahaa M ^a   Abdulbaki, Khaled ^a   Nambiar, Vijayaraghavan ^a   Al Amri, Mohammad ^a   Shahid, Maie ^a   Khouqeer, Farid ^a   Canver, Charles ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; SYMPTOM; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947655362     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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