Eisenmenger syndrome. Factors relating to deterioration and death

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1845-1855

  Daliento, L ^a,d   Somerville, J ^b   Presbitero, P ^c   Menti, L ^a   Brach Prever, S ^c   Rizzoli, G ^a   Stone, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eisenmenger; Haemoptysis; Pulmonary vascular disease; Venesection

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CONTRACEPTION; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRACEPTION; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032402278     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1046     Document Type: Article

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