Is the time constant of the pulmonary circulation truly constant?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1541-1542

  Naeije, Robert ^a   Delcroix, Marion ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART WORK; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VENOUS PRESSURE; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84899827072     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00174213     Document Type: Letter

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