Morphology of the elastic pulmonary arteries in pulmonary hypertension: A quantitative study

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-370

  McLeod, Karen A ^a   Gerlis, Leon M ^b   Williams, Gordon J ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Yorkshire Heart Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84866807939     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100005151     Document Type: Article

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