Pediatric pulmonary hypertension in the Netherlands: Epidemiology and characterization during the period 1991 to 2005

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1755-1764

  Van Loon, Rosa Laura E ^a   Roofthooft, Marcus T R ^a   Hillege, Hans L ^b   Ten Harkel, Arend D J ^c   Van Osch Gevers, Magdalena ^d   Delhaas, Tammo ^e   Kapusta, Livia ^f   Strengers, Jan L M ^g   Rammeloo, Lukas ^h   Clur, Sally Ann B ^h   Mulder, Barbara J M ^h   Berger, Rolf M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054901197     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.969584     Document Type: Article

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