Is nailfold videocapillaroscopy a valuable diagnostic tool in pulmonary hypertension?

F. Meier, M. Geyer, H. Tiede, A. Rieth, H.A. Ghofrani, U. Müller-Ladner, R. Dinser, W. Hermann (Bad Nauheim, Giessen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Pulmonary circulation: clinical diagnosis, treatment, end-points and animal models
Session: Pulmonary circulation: clinical diagnosis, treatment, end-points and animal models
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 972
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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