Echocardiography of pulmonary vascular function in asymptomatic carriers of BMPR2 mutations

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1287-1289

  Pavelescu, Adriana ^a   Vanderpool, Rebecca ^a   Vachiéry, Jean Luc ^b   Grunig, Ekkehard ^c   Naeije, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84868515682     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021712     Document Type: Letter

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