Main pulmonary arterial distensibility - Different presentation between chronic pulmonary hypertension and acute pulmonary embolism

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1454-1459

  Wu, Den Ko ^a   Hsiao, Shih Hung ^a,b   Lin, Shih Kai ^a   Lee, Chiu Yen ^a   Yang, Shu Hsin ^a   Chang, Shu Mei ^a   Chiou, Kuan Rau ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eccentricity index; Pulmonary arterial distensibility; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; THROMBUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 50549083995     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0223     Document Type: Article

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