Pathophysiology of impaired right and left ventricular function in chronic embolic pulmonary hypertension: Changes after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 897-903

  Menzel, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Stephan ^a   Kramm, Thorsten ^a   Mohr Kahaly, Susanne ^a   Mayer, Eckhard ^a   Braeuninger, Susanne ^a   Meyer, Juergen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Echocardiography; Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0033782552     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.4.897     Document Type: Article

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