Surgical treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 136, Issue 31-32, 2006, Pages 491-497

  Mayer, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTANOID; WARFARIN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOANESTHESIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 33748771194     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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