Prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with pulmonary hypertension in African-Americans.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. It is frequently associated with cardiopulmonary diseases that are prevalent in African Americans (AAs). However, the prevalence or determinants of PH in the AA population is not known.We conducted a cross-sectional st...

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Main Authors: Gaurav Choudhary, Matthew Jankowich, Wen-Chih Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3865255?pdf=render