Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

American Family Physician

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Nauser, Trenton D ^a   Stites, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOREX; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; DEXFENFLURAMINE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIURETIC AGENT; FENFLURAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; RAPESEED OIL; TRYPTOPHAN; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035339630     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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