Identifying chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension through the French national hospital discharge database.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), a rare pulmonary vascular disease, is often misdiagnosed due to nonspecific symptoms. The objective of the study was to develop, refine and validate a case ascertainment algorithm to identify CTEPH patients within the French exhaustive hospital...

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Main Authors: V Cottin, D Avot, L Lévy-Bachelot, C A Baxter, D R Ramey, L Catella, S Bénard, O Sitbon, S Teal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214649