Clinical and haemodynamic evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients scheduled for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: Is schistosomiasis hypertension an important confounding factor?

INTRODUCTION: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a disease affecting approximately 4,000 people per year in the United States. The incidence rate in Brazil, however, is unknown. The estimated survival for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension without treatment is...

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Main Author: Terra-Filho, Mario (author)
Other Authors: Mello, Marcos Figueiredo (author), Lapa, Mônica Silveira (author), Teixeira, Ricardo Henrique Oliveira Braga (author), Jatene, Fábio Biscegli (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Pulmonary Hemodynamics
Schistosomiasis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010001100018
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/18498

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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010001100018

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