Sex differences in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension enrolled in the registry to evaluate early and long-term pulmonary arterial hypertension disease management

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 363-373

  Shapiro, Shelley ^a,b   Traiger, Glenna L ^a,b   Turner, Michelle ^c   McGoon, Michael D ^d   Wason, Prieya ^e   Barst, Robyn J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ICON Late Phase and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Actelion Pharmaceuticals US Inc   (United States)

^f College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 84856762337     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-3114     Document Type: Article

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