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IPF patients are limited by mechanical and not pulmonary-vascular factors – results of a derivation-validation cohort study
BACKGROUND: During cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) patients do not reach their direct maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) and have deranged gas exchange. Their exercise limitation is therefore attributed to a pulmonary vascular mechanism. METHODS: We stud...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6907136/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829145 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-1015-3 |