Determinants of right ventricular failure after heart transplantation

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 441-449

  Leeman, M ^a   Van Cutsem, M ^a   Vachiery J L ^a   Antoine, M ^a   Leclerc, J L ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Right ventricular failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0029800985     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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