Quantitative lung perfusion following single lung transplantation

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Starobin, D ^a   Shitrit, D ^a   Steinmetz, A ^a   Fink, G ^a   Hardoff, R ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Heart and lung transplantation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 34047125405     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924709     Document Type: Article

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