Bosentan induces clinical, exercise and hemodynamic improvement in a pre-transplant patient with plastic bronchitis after Fontan operation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1174-1176

  Apostolopoulou, Sotiria C ^a   Papagiannis, John ^a   Rammos, Spyridon ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BOSENTAN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UROKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FENESTRATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHITIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 23744452438     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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