Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Diagnostic limitations;Hipertensão pulmonar associada ao tromboembolismo pulmonar crônico: Limitações diagnósticas *

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 532-536

  Dias, Bruno Arantes ^a   Jardim, Carlos ^a   Hovnanian, André ^a   Fernandes, Caio Júlio César ^a   Souza, Rogério ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endarterectomy; Hypertension, pulmonary diagnosis; Hypertension, pulmonary therapy; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449097484     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008000700014     Document Type: Article

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