Latent pulmonary hypertension looking beyond the scene

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 469-470

  Bossone, Eduardo ^a   Citro, Rodolfo ^b   Armstrong, William F ^c   Rubenfire, Melvyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCREENING TEST; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 49449108220     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0640     Document Type: Letter

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