Mitral stenosis obscuring the diagnosis of plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy and familial pulmonary hypertension

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-248

  Langleben, David ^a   Lamoureux, Esther ^a   Marcotte, Francois ^a   Schlesinger, Robert ^a   Dragatakis, Leonidas ^a   Crowe, Marie Josee ^a   Langlois, Yves ^a   Lemire, Francois ^c   White, Michel ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familial pulmonary hypertension; Mitral stenosis; Plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy; Primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034060008     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.3.247     Document Type: Article

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