Should right ventricle dilatation during exercise have clinical implications in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension? Case report

We describe the case of a 30-year-old female patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension that has an excellent functional capacity under treatment with sildenafil. She did an exercise stress echocardiography that revealed marked right ventricular dilatation during exercise. This infor...

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Autores principales: Cotrim, Carlos, Loureiro, Maria J, Miranda, Rita, Almeida, Sofia, Almeida, Ana R, Simões, Otília, Cordeiro, Pedro, Carrageta, Manuel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18162132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-5-50

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18162132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-5-50

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