More on the right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-35

  Naeije, Robert ^a   Ghio, Stefano ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; MINOXIDIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COR PULMONALE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 84920617438     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00209414     Document Type: Editorial

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