Is severe pulmonary hypertension a contraindication for orthotopic heart transplantation? Not any more

Physiological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 769-775

  Kettner, J ^a   Dorazilova Z ^a   Netuka, I ^a   Maly J ^a   Al Hiti, H ^a   Melenovsky V ^a   Skalsky I ^a   Riha H ^a   Malek I ^a   Kautzner, J ^a   Pirk, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Heart transplant candidacy; Hemodynamics; Pulmonary hypertension; Ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856431925     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932158     Document Type: Article

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