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Exercise capacity in COPD patients with exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with COPD is associated with reduced exercise capacity. A subgroup of COPD patients has normal mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) at rest, but develops high mPAP relative to cardiac output (CO) during exercise, a condition we refer to as exercis...

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Autores principales: Skjørten, Ingunn, Hilde, Janne Mykland, Melsom, Morten Nissen, Hisdal, Jonny, Hansteen, Viggo, Steine, Kjetil, Humerfelt, Sjur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6219408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30464443
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S161175