Right Heart Structural Changes Are Independently Associated with Exercise Capacity in Non-Severe COPD

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurs frequently and results in functional limitation in advanced COPD. Data regarding the functional consequence of PH in less severe COPD are limited. Whether echocardiographic evidence of right sided heart pathology is associated with functional outcomes i...

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Autores principales: Cuttica, Michael J., Shah, Sanjiv J., Rosenberg, Sharon R., Orr, Randy, Beussink, Lauren, Dematte, Jane E., Smith, Lewis J., Kalhan, Ravi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3248404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22220201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029069

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3248404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22220201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029069

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