Reduction in recalcitrant pulmonary hypertension after operation for atrial septal defect

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 905-906

  Yamauchi, Hitoshi ^a   Yamaki, Shigeo ^b   Fujii, Masahiro ^b   Iwaki, Hideyuki ^b   Tanaka, Shigeo ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Katta General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTIC TISSUE; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0034857963     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02537-6     Document Type: Article

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