Idiopathic Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis: A Rare Cause of Massive Hemoptysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 281-283

  Alexander, Gerard R ^a   Reddi, Anu ^a   Reddy, Darshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67649743680     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.061     Document Type: Article

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