Unexplained severe pulmonary hypertension in the elderly: Report on 14 patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-81

  Yigla, Mordechai ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^b   Bendayan, Daniele ^b   Reisner, Shimon A ^a   Solomonov, Anna ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Incidence; Older patients; Primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1142303693     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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