Hipertensión pulmonar y el paciente quirúrgico: estrategias de manejo actual / Current management strategies for pulmonary hypertension in surgical patients
Rev. méd. Chile
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138(4): 496-503, abr. 2010. tab, ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-553223
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary hypertension is a clinical condition with a low prevalence, but carries high morbidity and mortality. Important advances in the understanding of this disease and in its therapy have occurred. A particular scenario is pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing non-cardiac as well as cardiac surgery. The aim of this review is to present information that may allow diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of this clinical condition in patients undergoing surgery.
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Main subject:
Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Hypertension, Pulmonary
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Antihypertensive Agents
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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