Evaluation and Treatment for Angina in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 427-428

  Barst, Robyn J ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Medical Center   (United States)

^b BH 262N ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTERY COMPRESSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1542284689     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.01.002     Document Type: Editorial

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