Survival of geriatric idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension patients

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-15

  Foley, Raymondj ^a   Wilcox, Diahann ^b   Walsh, Stephenj ^c   Azrin, Michael ^a   Hager, W David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79751476194     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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