Pulmonary hypertension in adult patients with secundum atrial septal defect before surgery and in long-term follow-up;Nadciśnienie płucne u dorosłych pacjentów z ubytkiem przegrody miȩdzyprzedsionkowej typu II przed operacja̧ i w obserwacjach odległych

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1083-1087

  Majewska, Bozena ^b   Rózański, Jacek ^a   Hoffman, Piotr ^b   Rydlewska Sadowska, Wanda ^b  

^a I Klinika Kardiochirurgii   (Poland)

^b Instytutu Kardiologii W Warszawie   (Poland)

Author keywords

Long term follow up; Pulmonary hypertension; Secundum atrial septal defect; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033301954     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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