Pulmonary hypertension: A guide for GPs

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 604, 2012, Pages

  Connolly, Michelle J ^a   Kovacs, Gabor ^b,c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNCOPE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84868144219     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X658467     Document Type: Article

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