Complications leading to sudden cardiac death in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Respiratory Care

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1246-1254

  Demerouti, Eftychia A ^a   Manginas, Athanassios N ^a,b   Athanassopoulos, George D ^a   Karatasakis, George T ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b Mediterraneo Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Left main compression syndrome; Pulmonary artery dissection; Pulmonary artery rupture; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAINTNESS; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN COMPRESSION SYNDROME; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; PULMONARY ARTERY RUPTURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; STENT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL;

LEFT MAIN COMPRESSION SYNDROME; PULMONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; PULMONARY ARTERY RUPTURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

AIRWAY REMODELING; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84879351599     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02252     Document Type: Article

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