Usefulness of sublingual isosorbide to assess the reversibility of pulmonary hypertension in cardiac transplant candidates;Utilidad de isosorbide sublingual en la reversibilidad de la hipertensión pulmonar reactiva, en pacientes candidatos a trasplante cardíaco

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Fernando Baraona, R ^a   Pablo Castro, G ^a   Osvaldo Perez P ^a   Sergio Moran V ^a   Ricardo Zalaquett, S ^a   Manuel Jlrarrazabal L ^a   Jbrge Jalil, M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Hypertension, pulmonary; Isosorbide

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ISOSORBIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33645083727     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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