Unusual treatment of patent foramen ovale after pneumonectomy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 929-931

  Welvaart, W N ^a   Becker, A ^a   Marcus, J T ^a   Vonk Noordegraaf, A ^a   Oosterhuis, J W A ^a   Paul, M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGED; AORTA; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; LEG; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERICARDIUM; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINE; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77951152521     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00103509     Document Type: Letter

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