Improving patient outcomes in pulmonary hypertension
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Improving patient outcomes in pulmonary hypertension.
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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0905-9180,1600-0617
DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0064-2015