Posttraumatic pulmonary arteriovenous fistula presenting as multiple embolic strokes.
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Theresa Mills, M.D.,∗ Shaminder Gupta, M.D.,† Frederick Helmcke, M.D.,∗ Jorge Lopera, M.D.,‡ Lynn Harrison, M.D.,§ Jorge Martinez M.D.,¶ David Luke Glancy, M.D.,∗ and Edmund Kenneth Kerut, M.D.∗∗ ∗Division of Cardiology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, †Department of Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, ‡Department of Radiology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, §Department of Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, ¶Department of Emergency Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, ∗∗Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Heart Clinic of Louisiana, Marrero, Louisiana
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Echocardiography
دوره 24 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007