The Pulmonary Manifestations of Left Heart Failure

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 669-682

  Gehlbach, Brian K ^a,b   Geppert, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheyne Stokes respiration; Congestive heart failure; Differential diagnosis; Dyspnea; Pulmonary edema; Respiratory function tests; Sleep apnea syndromes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYOPATHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WHEEZING;

EID: 1242284319     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.669     Document Type: Review

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