THE LESS COMMON FORMS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
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The less common forms of pulmonary hypertension.
The circumstances in which pulmonary hypertension is found alone or in association with emphysema, mitral stenosis, or congenital cardiac shunts have been described already (Gilmour and Evans, 1946; Evans, 1951; Evans et al., 1957; Evans and Short, 1957 and 1958). This paper discusses pulmonary hypertension in relation to the less common clinical states that cause a rise in pulmonary arterial p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1959
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.21.2.197