Pregnancy in women with pulmonary hypertension

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 504-508

  Pieper, P G ^a   Hoendermis, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eisenmenger syndrome; Heart disease; Management; Pregnancy; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 83155165516     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-011-0219-9     Document Type: Article

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