PEGASUS - the effects of commercial air travel on patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension - a prospective, multicenter, multinational study

L. Becker (Giessen, Germany), J. Grimminger (Giessen, Germany), M. Richter (Giessen, Germany), N. Sommer (Giessen, Germany), K. Tello (Giessen, Germany), W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany), H. Klose (Hamburg, Germany), S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland), M. Halank (Dresden, Germany), C. Opitz (Berlin, Germany), E. Gruenig (Heidelberg, Germany), A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany), H. Gall (Giessen, Germany)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Clinical aspects of pulmonary hypertension
Session: Clinical aspects of pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 3084
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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