What risks does a history of pulmonary hypertension present for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue ELECTRONICSUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Kaw, Roop ^a   Sharma, Priyanka ^a   Minai, Omar A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY;

ANOXIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 42949157358     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.74.Electronic_Suppl_1.S20     Document Type: Article

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