Results of one-year anticoagulation in patients with newly detected chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension not treated with pulmonary endarterectomy

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1196-1202

  Romaszkiewicz, Renata ^a   Lewczuk, Jerzy ^a,b   Piszko, Piotr ^a   Jagas, Jacek ^a   Lenartowska, Lucyna ^a   Ludwik, Bartosz ^a   Sawa, Wiesława ^a   Wrabec, Krzysztof ^a  

^a REGIONAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^b Oddzial Kardiologii Dzieciecej   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33845499292     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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