Intravascular talcosis due to intravenous drug use is an underrecognized cause of pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Griffith, Christopher C ^a   Raval, Jay S ^a,b   Nichols, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR TALCOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84876510225     PISSN: 20901836     EISSN: 20901844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/617531     Document Type: Review

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