Cor pulmonale: An overview

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-243

  Budev, Marie M ^a   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a   Wiedemann, Herbert P ^a   Matthay, Richard A ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic cor pulmonale; Interventricular dependence; Pulmonary heart disease; Right ventricular failure

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COR PULMONALE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVALUATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0038675385     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41105     Document Type: Review

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