Exercise intolerance in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fowler, Robin M ^a,b,c   Gain, Kevin R ^a,b,c,d   Gabbay, Eli ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^f Heart and Lung Transplant Foundation of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84874027652     PISSN: 20901836     EISSN: 20901844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/359204     Document Type: Review

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