Pulmonary arterial hypertension: What the large pulmonary arteries tell us

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 759-765

  Kulik, Thomas J ^a   Clark, Renee L ^a   Hasan, Babar S ^a   Keane, John F ^a   Springmuller, Daniel ^b   Mullen, Mary P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Pulmonary angiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Vascular tortuosity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051474721     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9963-2     Document Type: Article

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