Patients walking more than 450 m in 6 minutes at diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: baseline characteristics and prognostic factors

B. Degano, O. Sitbon, G. Garcia, X. Jais, L. Savale, D. Natali, M. Humbert, G. Simonneau (Clamart, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pulmonary circulation
Session: Pulmonary circulation
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 1893
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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B. Degano, O. Sitbon, G. Garcia, X. Jais, L. Savale, D. Natali, M. Humbert, G. Simonneau (Clamart, France). Patients walking more than 450 m in 6 minutes at diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: baseline characteristics and prognostic factors. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 1893

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