Dramatic functional improvement following bariatric surgery in a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension and morbid obesity

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 789-792

  Mathier, Michael A ^a,b   Zhang, Joan ^a   Ramanathan, Ramesh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; ILOPROST; OXYGEN; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 40549104488     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0815     Document Type: Article

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