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Prognostic value of alveolar volume in systolic heart failure: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Ventilatory impairment is known to occur in patients with heart failure (HF). Alveolar volume (V(A)) is measured by the dilution of an inert gas during a single breath-hold maneuver. Such measurement is sensitive to ventilatory disturbances. We conducted a prospective, observational stud...

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Autores principales: Miniati, Massimo, Monti, Simonetta, Bottai, Matteo, Pavlickova, Ivana, Passino, Claudio, Emdin, Michele, Poletti, Roberta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24267007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-69