Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 806-812 , August 2001

Four-year prospective study of pulmonary venous thrombosis after lung transplantation

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☆ Reprint requests: Larry L. Schulman, MD, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, PH 8 Center, Pulmonary Diagnostic Unit, 622 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032.

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 806-812 , August 2001

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