Extensive right pulmonary artery dissection in a young patient with chronic pulmonary hypertension

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-266

  Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a   Galiè, Nazzareno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 84555189704     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301132     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Khattar RS, Fox DJ, Alty JE, et al. Pulmonary artery dissection: an emerging cardiovascular complication in surviving patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension. Heart 2005;91:142-5.