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European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 713-714

  La Gerche, André ^a,b,c   Claessen, Guido ^b   Burns, Andrew T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; EXERTIONAL BREATHLESSNESS; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84879488865     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft074     Document Type: Editorial

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