Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery incidentally found after an episode of hemoptysis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1805-1808

  Komatsu, Yoshimichi ^a   Hanaoka, Masayuki ^a   Ito, Michiko ^a   Yasuo, Masanori ^a   Urushihata, Kazuhisa ^a   Koizumi, Tomonobu ^a   Fujimoto, Keisaki ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Pulmonary hypertension; Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 36249009114     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0257     Document Type: Article

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