Pulmonary hypertension and right heart dysfunction in chronic lung disease

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zangiabadi, Amirmasoud ^a   De Pasquale, Carmine G ^a   Sajkov, Dimitar ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN; RIOCIGUAT; PROSTAGLANDIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; COMPLICATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PROSTAGLANDINS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84907409733     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/739674     Document Type: Review

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