Fibrosing mediastinitis: Successful stenting of the pulmonary artery

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Thiessen, Rennae ^a   Matzinger, Fred ^a   Seely, Jean ^a   Aina, Rima ^a   MacLeod, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibrosing mediastinitis; Palmaz Schatz stent; Pulmonary artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDIASTINITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOIDOSIS; STENOSIS; STENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 42449134868     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/835921     Document Type: Article

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