Acute dyspnea: Is the cause cardiac or pulmonary - Or both?

Consultant

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 772-776

  Burki, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac disease; Dyspnea; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE DYSPNEA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING REFLEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84872230120     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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