High-altitude pulmonary edema and patent foramen ovale [7]

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1432-

  Dehnert, Christoph ^a   Bärtsch, Peter ^a   Grünig, Ekkehard ^a   Mereles, Derliz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ALTITUDE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALTITUDE DISEASE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HYPOXEMIA; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXEMIA; EXERCISE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 34047221195     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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