Is the side of the pleural effusion depends the body position during sleep on pleural effusion in patients with congestive heart failure?

B. Marcondes, F. Vargas, L. Teixeira, L. Kumamoto, E. Genofre, P. Genta, G. Lorenzi-Filho (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Nocturnal cardiology: chronic heart failure, acute chest syndrome, coronary artery disease and collagen vascular disease

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B. Marcondes, F. Vargas, L. Teixeira, L. Kumamoto, E. Genofre, P. Genta, G. Lorenzi-Filho (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Is the side of the pleural effusion depends the body position during sleep on pleural effusion in patients with congestive heart failure?. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 920

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