Unusual case of pulmonary hypertension

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-119

  Kolilekas, L ^a,b   Gallis, P ^a   Liasis, N ^a   Anagnostopoulos, G K ^a   Eleftheriadis, I ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

A V fistula; Angiography; Laminectomy; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; ILOPROST; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33644525946     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087152     Document Type: Article

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