Assessment of exercise capacity in pulmonary hypertension;Avaliação da capacidade de exercício na hipertensão pulmonar

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-403

  Barreto, Sérgio Saldanha Menna ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STANDARD; WALKING;

EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; WALKING;

EID: 67849131012     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000500002     Document Type: Editorial

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