Pulmonary artery dissection mimicking mediastinal mass

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-237

  Mutlu, Halil ^a,c   Demir, Ihsan Ekin ^b   Mutlu, Lynn N ^a   Doyle, Daniel ^a  

^a BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIGOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; FATALITY; HEART ANEURYSM; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66149123270     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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