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Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Summary of Recommendations.
Archivos de bronconeumologia - 1 Apr 2018
Barberà Joan Albert, Román Antonio, Gómez-Sánchez Miguel Ángel, Blanco Isabel, Otero Remedios, López-Reyes Raquel, Otero Isabel, Pérez-Peñate Gregorio, Sala Ernest, Escribano Pilar
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Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic disorder defined by abnormally high pulmonary artery pressure that can occur in numerous diseases and clinical situations. The causes of pulmonary hypertension are classified into 5 major groups: arterial, due to left heart disease, due to lung disease and/or hypoxemia, chronic thromboembolic, with unclear and/or multifactorial mechanisms. This is a brief summary of the...
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