Transitioning the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Patient
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[Pediatric pulmonary hypertension].
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease in newborns, infants, and children that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In the majority of pediatric patients, PH is idiopathic or associated with congenital heart disease and rarely is associated with other conditions such as connective tissue or thromboembolic disease. Incidence data from the Netherlands has revealed an ann...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1933-088X
DOI: 10.21693/1933-088x-11.4.162