Monitoring of liver function in patients with pulmonary hypertension treated with endothelin receptor antagonists: The value of a novel monitoring system

C. Blewett, E. Lunn, D. Kiely, L. Martin, J. Hurdman, N. Hamilton, I. Armstrong, P. Septon, J. Wilkinson, R. Condliffe, C. Elliott (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Session: Treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2395
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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