Pulmonary hypertension in Saudi Arabia: A single center experience

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-85

  Alhamad, Esam H ^a   Cal, Joseph G ^a   Alfaleh, Hussam F ^b   Alshamiri, Mostafa Q ^b   AlBoukai, Ahmad A ^b   AlHomida, Suliman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Interstitial lung disease; Left heart disease; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84881152377     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.109816     Document Type: Article

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