Improvement of apparently fixed pulmonary hypertension with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 650-652

  Healey, Jeff S ^a   Davies, Ross A ^a   Tang, Anthony S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2342513321     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00296-1     Document Type: Article

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