Pulmonary arterial hypertension masquerading as severe refractory asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 513-516

  Achouh, L ^a   Montani, D ^a   Garcia, G ^a   Jais X ^a   Hamid, A M ^a   Mercier, O ^a   Simonneau, G ^a   Humbert, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Compression of the mainstem bronchi; Congenital heart diseases; Obstructive airway disease; Ortner's syndrome; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 56149112121     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00005408     Document Type: Article

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