Atrial septal defect closure in a patient with "irreversible" pulmonary hypertensive arteriopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-107

  Schwerzmann, Markus ^a   Zafar, Moiz ^a   McLaughlin, Peter R ^a   Chamberlain, Dean W ^a,b   Webb, Gary ^a   Granton, John ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Secondary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 33646553315     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.062     Document Type: Article

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