Epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension in the elderly
1 Introduction Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a haemodynamic and pathophysiological condition defined as increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure≥ 25 mmHg at rest as assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC).
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC 2017, Vol.14 (1), p.11-16 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 1 Introduction Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a haemodynamic and pathophysiological condition defined as increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure≥ 25 mmHg at rest as assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC). |
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ISSN: | 1671-5411 |
DOI: | 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.01.001 |