Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 233-237 , May 2009

Pulmonary artery dissection mimicking mediastinal mass

  • Halil Mutlu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine and Critical Care, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Halil Mutlu, MD, Angiographic Core Laboratory, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, 111 East 59th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1122
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Ihsan Ekin Demir, MS

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Lynn N. Mutlu, PAC

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine and Critical Care, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Daniel Doyle (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine and Critical Care, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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PII: S0147-9563(08)00099-X

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.05.004

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 233-237 , May 2009

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