Pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders
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Pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe haemodynamic disorder in which the pulmonary artery pressure is persistently elevated, leading to right-sided heart failure and death. Recently, chronic myeloproliferative diseases associated with pulmonary hypertension were included in the group 5 category, corresponding to PH for which the aetiology is unclear and/or multifactorial. In this review we wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0905-9180,1600-0617
DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0041-2015