Improvement after Angioplasty and Stenting of Pulmonary Arteries Due to Sarcoid Mediastinal Fibrosis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-225

  Hamilton Craig, C R ^a   Slaughter, R ^a   McNeil, K ^a   Kermeen, F ^a   Walters, D L ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mediastinal fibrosis; Pulmonary angioplasty; Pulmonary artery stenting; Pulmonary hypertension; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERITIS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOIDOSIS; STENTS;

EID: 67349159402     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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