The assessment of pulmonary hypertension

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 493-508

  McGoon, Michael D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034809907     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70286-0     Document Type: Article

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