One heart, two lungs together forever

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 962-963

  Ceconi, Claudio ^a   Ferrari, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN T;

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33750587056     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200608-1073ED     Document Type: Editorial

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