Proposed new definition of exercise pulmonary hypertension decreases false-positive cases

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1270-1273

  Kovacs, Gabor ^a,b   Avian, Alexander ^a,b   Olschewski, Horst ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; PULMONARY VASCULAR OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONOLOGY; STANDARDS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY MEDICINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964012334     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01394-2015     Document Type: Letter

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