The prognostic role of the ECG in primary pulmonary hypertension

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 513-518

  Bossone, Eduardo ^a   Paciocco, Giuseppe ^a   Iarussi, Diana ^c   Agretto, Angelo ^c   Iacono, Aldo ^c   Gillespie, Brenda W ^b   Rubenfire, Melvyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECG; Primary pulmonary hypertension; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036167583     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.2.513     Document Type: Article

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