Pulmonary Endarterectomy Surgery-A Technically Demanding Cure for WHO Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Requirements for Centres of Excellence and Availability in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 671-674

  Ryan, John J ^a   Rich, Stuart ^a   Archer, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTANOID;

CANADA; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 82155175694     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.09.013     Document Type: Editorial

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