Patent ductus venosus in an adult presenting as pulmonary hypertension, right-sided heart failure, and portosystemic encephalopathy

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 657-660

  Shen, Bo ^a   Younossi, Zobair M ^a,b   Dolmatch, Bart ^a   Newman, James S ^a   Henderson, J Michael ^a   Ong, Janus P ^a   Gramlich, Terry ^a   Yamani, Mohamad ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LACTULOSE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUCTUS VENOSUS; DYSPNEA; FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0035369842     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00701-X     Document Type: Article

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