Plasma endothelin correlates with the extent of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic congestive heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 504-509

  Cody, Robert J ^a   Haas, Garrie J ^a   Binkley, Philip F ^a   Capers, Quinn ^a   Kelley, Robert ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Endothelin; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0026544193     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.85.2.504     Document Type: Article

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