Pulmonary artery dissection: An emerging cardiovascular complication in surviving patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-145

  Khattar, Rajdeep S ^a   Fox, D J ^a   Alty, J E ^a   Arora, A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; AUTOPSY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COR PULMONALE; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LEG EDEMA; MALAISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12744253710     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.045799     Document Type: Review

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