Clinical predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing liver transplant evaluation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Pilatis, Nektarios D ^a   Jacobs, Larry E ^a   Rerkpattanapipat, Pairoj ^a   Kotler, Morris N ^a   Owen, Alyson ^a   Manzarbeitia, Cosme ^a   Reich, David ^a   Rothstein, Kenneth ^a   Munoz, Santiago J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034006284     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060116     Document Type: Article

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