Pulmonary vascular resistance: A meaningless variable?

Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine (Second Edition)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-68

  Naeije, Robert ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01769-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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