Atrial septostomy decreases sympathetic overactivity in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1831-1837

  Ciarka, Agnieszka ^a   Vachièry, Jean Luc ^a   Houssière, Anne ^a   Gujic, Marko ^a   Stoupel, Eric ^a   Velez Roa, Sonia ^a   Naeije, Robert ^b   Van De Borne, Philippe ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial septostomy; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLALOCK HANLON OPERATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 34250809614     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2903     Document Type: Article

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