An unusual cause of pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 1998, Pages 697-698

  Orme, S ^a   Underwood, J C E ^a   McCloskey, E ^a   Hendra, T J ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva; Ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031767810     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.877.697     Document Type: Article

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