Myocardial pathology in pulmonary thromboembolism

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1695-1699

  Orde, Matthew M ^a,b   Puranik, Rajesh ^b,c   Morrow, Paul L ^d   Duflou, Johan ^a,b  

^a Sydney South West Area Health Service ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CADAVER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053178706     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2011.226209     Document Type: Article

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