Diagnostic testing to guide the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: State of the art

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 19, Issue 115, 2010, Pages 55-58

  Pepke Zaba, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Catheterisation; Diagnosis; Endarterectomy; Hypertension; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; EVALUATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 77649212319     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00007209     Document Type: Review

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