Anatomical considerations for the development of a new transcatheter aortopulmonary shunt device in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 639-646

  Guo, Kenneth ^a   Langleben, David ^b   Afilalo, Jonathan ^b   Shimony, Avi ^b   Leask, Richard ^c   Marelli, Ariane ^a   Martucci, Giuseppe ^a   Therrien, Judith ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Imaging (CT); Pulmonary angiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995559174     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674328     Document Type: Article

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