Pulmonary capillary endothelial metabolic function in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1275-1280

  Orfanos, S E ^a   Hirsch, A M ^b   Giovinazzo, M ^b   Armaganidis, A ^a   Catravas, J D ^c   Langleben, David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Endothelium; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary metabolism; Thromboembolic disease

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS;

CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KINETICS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 47649089748     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03046.x     Document Type: Article

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