Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , January 2005

Imaging of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

  • Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH, Department of Radiology, Box 0628, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Suite M396, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
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  • Michael B. Gotway, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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  • Philip A. Araoz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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PII: S0037-198X(04)00110-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2004.09.009

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , January 2005

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