Predicting survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Time to combine markers

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1263-1264

  Humbert, Marc ^a,b,c   Montani, David ^a,b,c   Souza, Rogério ^a,b,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79958697696     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2868     Document Type: Editorial

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