Cardiopulmonary exercise testing reveals onset of disease and response to treatment in a case of heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-389

  Trip, Pia ^a   Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton ^a   Bogaard, Harm Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Pulmonary hypertension; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897995882     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.101658     Document Type: Article

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