Atrial septostomy improves survival in select patients with pulmonary hypertension

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 779-784

  Law, Mark A ^a   Grifka, Ronald G ^b   Mullins, Charles E ^a   Nihill, Michael R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLALOCK HANLON OPERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STOMAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247171239     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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