The Eisenmenger syndrome in adults

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 745-755

  Vongpatanasin, Wanpen ^a   Brickner, M Elizabeth ^a   Hillis, L David ^a   Lange, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; GOUT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PHLEBOTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032080148     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00008     Document Type: Review

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