Pulmonary atherosclerosis associated with an atrial septal defect in old age: Case report of an elderly autopsied patient

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Nascimento, Douglas ^a   Nunes, Lucas ^b   Oliveira, Flávia ^a   Vencio, Eneida ^a   Teixeira, Vicente ^b   Reis, Marlene ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Atrial septal defect; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART MURMUR; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SMOKING;

EID: 58249113978     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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