Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension/THE AUTHORS REPLY

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension/THE AUTHORS REPLY

TO THE EDITOR: Pengo et al. (May 27 issue)1 report an incidence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTPH) of approximately 3 percent (diagnosed in 7 of 223 patients) after a first episode of pulmonary embolism. We believe that the angiographic criteria used by the authors to diagnose C...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2004-10, Vol.351 (16), p.1693
Hauptverfasser: Paño-Pardo, José R, Fernández-Capitán, Carmen, Arnalich, Francisco, Lensing, Anthonie W A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:TO THE EDITOR: Pengo et al. (May 27 issue)1 report an incidence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTPH) of approximately 3 percent (diagnosed in 7 of 223 patients) after a first episode of pulmonary embolism. We believe that the angiographic criteria used by the authors to diagnose CTPH may underestimate the real incidence of CTPH after pulmonary embolism.
ISSN:0028-4793
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