Usefulness of atrial septostomy as a treatment for primary pulmonary hypertension and guidelines for its application

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-371

  Rich, Stuart ^a   Dodin, Emad ^a   McLaughlin, Vallerie V ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030843747     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00370-6     Document Type: Article

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