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Serial pulmonary function tests to diagnose COPD in chronic heart failure

BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether serial pulmonary function tests are necessary for the correct diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with stable non-congested chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of COPD in outpatients wi...

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Autores principales: Minasian, Armine G, van den Elshout, Frank JJ, Dekhuijzen, PN Richard, Vos, Petra JE, Willems, Frank F, van den Bergh, Paul JPC, Heijdra, Yvonne F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25285269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40247-014-0012-5