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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Autor principal: Terra-Filho, Mario (author)
Outros Autores: Mello, Marcos Figueiredo (author), Lapa, Mônica Silveira (author), Teixeira, Ricardo Henrique Oliveira Braga (author), Jatene, Fábio Biscegli (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
Assuntos:
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Pulmonary Hemodynamics
Schistosomiasis
Texto completo:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010001100018
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/18498

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

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