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Clinical and Biological Insights Into Combined Post- and Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 13 Dec 2016
Assad Tufik R, Hemnes Anna R, Larkin Emma K, Glazer Andrew M, Xu Meng, Wells Quinn S, Farber-Eger Eric H, Sheng Quanhu, Shyr Yu, Harrell Frank E, Newman John H, Brittain Evan L
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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common and morbid complication of left heart disease with 2 subtypes: isolated post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (Ipc-PH) and combined post-capillary and pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (Cpc-PH). Little is known about the clinical or physiological characteristics that distinguish these 2 subphenotypes or if Cpc-PH shares molecular similarities to pulmonary...
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