Pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease;Hipertensión arterial pulmonar en adultos con cardiopatía congénita

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 465-469

  Bouzas, Beatriz ^a,b   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Eisenmenger syndrome; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BOSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN 1; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTANOID;

ADULT; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; EDITORIAL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 21244443407     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13074838     Document Type: Editorial

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