Pulmonary hypertension in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: prevalence, severity and the role of carbon monoxide diffusion capacity as a screening method

BACKGROUND: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is included within group 5 of the current PH classification (unclear multifactorial mechanisms). However, data regarding the occurrence of PH in LAM are scarce. The aims of the study were to describe the prevalence and characteristics of PH in a large cohor...

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Autores principales: Freitas, Carolina S. G., Baldi, Bruno G., Jardim, Carlos, Araujo, Mariana S., Sobral, Juliana Barbosa, Heiden, Gláucia I., Kairalla, Ronaldo A., Souza, Rogério, Carvalho, Carlos R. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-017-0626-0

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