Systematic Quantification of the Arteries in Lung Biopsies of Patients with Congenital Heart Defects and its Contribution to the Therapeutic Indication;Quantificação Sistemática das Artérias em Biópsias Pulmonares de Pacientes com Defeitos Cardíacos Congênitos e sua Contribuição para a Indicação e Abordagem Terapêutica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-8

  Aiello, Vera Demarchi ^a   Fukasawa, Shizie ^a   Canhadas Da Silva, Maria José P ^a   Azeka, Estela ^a   Bosisio, Ieda B J ^a   Ebaid, Munir ^a   De Lourdes Higuchi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Hypertension pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030622332     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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