Living with pulmonary artery hypertension: Patients' experiences

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Flattery, Maureen P ^a,c   Pinson, Janet M ^a   Savage, Laura ^a   Salyer, Jeanne ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844284557     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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