Clinical and haemodynamic evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients scheduled for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Is schistosomiasis hypertension an important confounding factor?

INTRODUCTION: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a disease affecting approximately 4,000 people per year in the United States. The incidence rate in Brazil, however, is unknown. The estimated survival for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension without treatment is...

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Autores principales: Terra‐Filho, Mario, Mello, Marcos Figueiredo, Lapa, Mônica Silveira, Teixeira, Ricardo Henrique Oliveira Braga, Jatene, Fábio Biscegli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2010
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Clinical Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21243290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010001100018

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