Orthodeoxia and postural orthostatic tachycardia in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: A prospective 8-year series

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1046-1047

  Santhirapala, V ^a,b   Chamali, B ^a,b   McKernan, H ^c   Tighe, H C ^c   Williams, L C ^c   Springett, J T ^c   Bellenberg, H R ^b   Whitaker, A J ^b   Shovlin, C L ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BODY POSTURE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897365712     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205289     Document Type: Article

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