Changing demographics of pulmonary arterial hypertension in congenital heart disease
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious complication of congenital heart disease (CHD). Without early surgical repair, around one-third of paediatric CHD patients develop significant PAH. Recent data from the Netherlands suggest that >4% of adult CHD patients have PAH, with higher rate...
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| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2010-12-01
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| Series: | European Respiratory Review |
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| Online Access: | http://err.ersjournals.com/content/19/118/308.full.pdf+html |