Incapacity to increase pulmonary blood flow determines 6 minutes walking distance in pulmonary hypertension

G. Deboeck, R. McKenzie Ross, L. Sharples, J. Pepke-Zaba (Papworth, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Physiology of human pulmonary hypertension
Session: Physiology of human pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2311
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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G. Deboeck, R. McKenzie Ross, L. Sharples, J. Pepke-Zaba (Papworth, United Kingdom). Incapacity to increase pulmonary blood flow determines 6 minutes walking distance in pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 2311

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