Improving Outcomes for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
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Improving outcomes for pulmonary vascular disease.
Recognizing the importance of improving lung health through lung disease research, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened a workshop of multidisciplinary experts for the following purpose: (1) to review the current scientific knowledge underlying the basis for treatment of adults and children with pulmonary vascular diseases (PVDs); (2) to identify gaps, barriers, and em...
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Affiliations: Dept of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. Hôpital Universitaire de Bicêtre, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1073-449X,1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201201-0049ws