Severe pulmonary hypertension without right ventricular failure: The unique hearts of patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-38

  Hopkins, William E ^a   Waggoner, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CYANOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0036149441     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02159-2     Document Type: Article

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