Abnormal pulmonary artery stiffness in pulmonary arterial hypertension: In vivo study with intravascular ultrasound

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lau, Edmund M T ^a,b   Iyer, Nithin ^b   Ilsar, Rahn ^a   Bailey, Brian P ^a   Adams, Mark R ^a,b   Celermajer, David S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; YOUNG MODULUS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84859134347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033331     Document Type: Article

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