Giant aneurysm of the main pulmonary artery: Case report;Aneurisma gigante da artéria pulmonar

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1463-1468

  Gomes, Odete ^a   Morais, João ^a   Borges, Cláudia ^a   Moreira, Ångela ^a   Leite, José ^a   Fernandes, Célio ^a  

^a Hospital de Santo Andre   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary artery aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 58849130659     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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