Evaluation of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Purpose Of Review: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is defined as a group of diseases characterized by a progressive increase of pulmonary vascular resistance leading to right ventricular failure and premature death. The purpose of this review is to analyze the current knowledge of the evaluati...
| Publicado en: | Current Opinion in Cardiology Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 575 - 582 |
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| Formato: | review Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Nov2004
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