Unexplained pulmonary hypertension is associated with systolic arterial hypertension in patients undergoing routine Doppler echocardiography

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 711-715

  Finkelhor, Robert S ^a   Yang, Shawn X ^a   Bosich, Georgene ^a   Bahler, Robert C ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037337530     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3.711     Document Type: Article

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