Embolisation of systemic-to-pulmonary collaterals in patients with the Eisenmenger reaction presenting with haemoptysis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 528-531

  Mamas, Mamas A ^a,b   Clarke, Bernard ^a,b   Mahadevan, Vaikom S ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Cyanotic heart disease; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYSTEMIC TO PULMONARY COLLATERAL EMBOLISATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53349099575     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002680     Document Type: Article

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