Usefulness of endothelin-1 concentration in capillary blood in patients with mitral stenosis as a predictor of regression of pulmonary hypertension after mitral valve replacement or valvuloplasty.
Snopek
Grazyna
G
Heart Failure Department, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. snopek@wa.onet.pl
Pogorzelska
Hanna
H
Rywik
Tomasz M
TM
Browarek
Aldona
A
Janas
Jadwiga
J
Korewicki
Jerzy
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002196:Capillaries; D002404:Catheterization; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000097:blood*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D012074:Remission Induction
D019332:Endothelin-1