Article
Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with emphysema: a new phenotype?
Chest - 1 Dec 2012
Adir Yochai, Shachner Robert, Amir Offer, Humbert Marc
Abstract excerpt
Mild to moderate precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of COPD and has typically been related to severe airflow limitation associated with chronic hypoxemia. Previous studies focusing specifically on patients with emphysema found that worsening PH was associated with p...
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