References
- Murphy ML, Dinh H, Nicholson D. Chronic cor pulmonale. Dis Mon 1989: 35(10): 653–720
- Murphy ML, Bone RC. Cor pulmonale in chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Mount Kisco, NY: Futura, 1984
- Palevsky HI, Fishman AP. Chronic cor pulmonale: etiology and management. JAMA 1990: 263(17): 2347–53
- Hurewitz AN, Bergofsky EH. The therapy of cor pulmonale. In: Simmons DH. Current pulmonology. Vol 9. St Louis: Mosby-Year Book, 1988: 395–416
- Kachel RG. Left ventricular function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest 1978: 74(3): 286–90
- Himelman RB, Struve SN, Brown JK, et al. Improved recognition of cor pulmonale in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Med 1988: 84(May): 891–8
- Christiansen LC, Shah A, Fisher VJ. Quantitative left ventricular cineangiography in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Med 1979: 66(Mar): 399–404
- Kline LE, Crawford MH, MacDonald WJ Jr, et al. Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest 1977: 72(5): 558–64
- Danchin N, Cornette A, Henriquez A, et al. Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. Chest 1987: 92(2): 229–33
- Matthay RA, Berger HJ, Davies RA, et al. Right and left ventricular exercise performance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: radionuclide assessment. Ann Intern Med 1980: 93(2): 234–9
- Stuart-Harris SC, Henley DC, Bishop JM, et al. Long term domiciliary oxygen therapy in chronic hypoxic cor pulmonale complicating chronic bronchitis and emphysema: report of the Medical Research Council Working Party. Lancet 1981: 1(8222): 681–6
- Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial Group. Continuous or nocturnal oxygen therapy in hypoxemic chronic obstructive lung disease: a clinical trial. Ann Intern Med 1980: 93(3): 391–8
- Rich S, Brundage BH. High-dose calcium channel-blocking therapy for primary pulmonary hypertension: evidence for long-term reduction in pulmonary arterial pressure and regression of right ventricular hypertrophy. Circulation 1987: 76(1): 135–41
- Agostoni P, Doria E, Galli C, et al. Nifedipine reduces pulmonary pressure and vascular tone during short- but not long-term treatment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989: 139(1): 120–5