Histopathological examination by lung biopsy for the evaluation of operability and postoperative prognosis in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Circulation Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 476-482

  Yamaki, Shigeo ^a   Ando, Motomi ^b   Fukumoto, Yoshihiro ^c   Higuchi, Yoshiro ^b   Kaneko, Kan ^b   Maeda, Kay ^a,c   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^c  

^a Japanese Research Institute of Pulmonary Vasculature   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung biopsy; Operative indication; Prognosis; Pulmonary vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; THROMBOSIS; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 84893000352     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-13-1016     Document Type: Article

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