A case of left main systolic compression caused by a dilated pulmonary artery in a patient with congenital pulmonic stenosis

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Simmons, Ashley ^a   Vacek, James ^a   Gupta, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY COMPRESSION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY ARTERY DILATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 79251525224     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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