Pulmonary function testing is safe in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms

Freddy Frost, Rob Peat, Joan McWean, Matt Shaw, Mark Field, Dilip Nazareth, Martin Walshaw

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (5) 1800928; 10.1183/13993003.00928-2018
Journal Issue: November

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