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Clinical Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients Carrying an <i>ACVRL1</i> ( <i>ALK1</i> ) Mutation
7 Jan 2010
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RATIONALE: Activin A receptor type II-like kinase-1 (ACVRL1, also known as ALK1) mutation is a cause of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and/or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics of patients with PAH carrying an ACVRL1 mutation. METHODS: We reviewed clinical, functional, and hemodynamic characteristics of 32 patients with PAH carrying an ACVRL1...
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