Nocturnal oxygen therapy in patients with the Eisenmenger Syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1682-1687

  Sandoval, Julio ^a   Aguirre, Janet S ^a   Pulido, Tomás ^a   Martinez Guerra, Maria Luisa ^a   Santos, Efrén ^a   Alvarado, Pedro ^a   Rosas, Martin ^a   Bautista, Edgar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Eisenmenger Syndrome; Oxygen therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035508410     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.9.2106076     Document Type: Article

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