The prognostic significance of pulmonary arterial capacitance in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Single-center experience

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 608-610

  Al Naamani, Nadine ^b   Preston, Ioana R ^a   Hill, Nicholas S ^a   Roberts, Kari E ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Pulmonary arterial capacitance; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006381002     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/688900     Document Type: Article

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