Graded balloon dilation atrial septostomy in severe primary pulmonary hypertension: A therapeutic alternative for patients nonresponsive to vasodilator treatment

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-304

  Sandoval, Julio ^a   Gaspar, Jorge ^a   Pulido, Tomás ^a   Bautista, Edgar ^a   Martínez Guerra, Maria Luisa ^a   Zeballos, Marco ^a   Palomar, Andrés ^a   Gómez, Arturo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; OXYGEN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0032145492     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00238-1     Document Type: Article

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