Decreased time constant of the pulmonary circulation in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  MacKenzie Ross, Robert V ^a   Toshner, Mark R ^a   Soon, Elaine ^a   Naeije, Robert ^b   Pepke Zaba, Joanna ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Hypertension; Pulmonary; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; DISTAL CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY ARTERY COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION TIME CONSTANT; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY; PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLIANCE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84880168798     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00128.2013     Document Type: Article

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