Surgical intervention in patients with moderate to severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-243

  Minai, Omar A ^a   Venkateshiah, Saiprakash B ^a   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645926059     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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