Clinical course of unoperated mild chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Romaszkiewicz, Renata ^a   Lewczuk, Jerzy ^a,b   Piszko, Piotr ^a   Lenartowska, Lucyna ^a   Jagas, Jacek ^a   Konieczny, Andrzej ^a   Cisowska, Marta ^a  

^a Voivodship Specialty Hospital   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION TIME; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MEAN PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ENDDIASTOLIC DIAMETER; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 79957657951     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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