Quality of life before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: Preliminary results
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*Study carried out in the Departments of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery of the Instituto do Coração Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Univerdidade de São Paulo (InCor – HC FMUSP, Clinical Hospital Heart Institute of the University of Sâo Paulo School of Medicine) Correspondence to: Rua Pintassilgo, 519 apt. 80, CEP: 04514-032 – São Paulo SP. Phone #: 55-11-5093 8775. E-mail:[email protected] Submitted: 5 May 2004. Accepted, after review: 9 August 2004 J Bras Pneumol 2005; 31(1): 48-51.
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