New insights on pulmonary arterial hypertension;Nuevas aportaciones en hipertensión arterial pulmonar

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 603-607

  Galiè, Nazzareno ^a   Manes, Alessandra ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Medical treatment; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BOSENTAN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTANOID; SITAXSENTAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNIPROST;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPOSIUM;

EID: 4344573700     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13064184     Document Type: Editorial

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