Air travel is safe and well tolerated in clinically stable PH patients

M. Thamm, R. Voswinckel, B. Karadas, H. Gall, F. Grimminger, H. A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Pulmonary hypertension I
Session: Pulmonary hypertension I
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1014
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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