Closure of a large patent ductus arteriosus in adults: First do no harm

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-418

  Rigby, Michael L ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AORTA PRESSURE; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MORTALITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 34247350311     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.101444     Document Type: Editorial

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