Pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults born with a heart septal defect: The Euro Heart Survey on adult congenital heart disease

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 682-687

  Engelfriet, Peter M ^a   Duffels, Marielle G J ^a   Möller, Thomas ^b   Boersma, Eric ^c   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Thaulow, Erik ^d   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^e   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DATA BASE; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34249316235     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.098848     Document Type: Article

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