Hypoxemia in patients with idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension.

The prevalence and prognostic implications of hypoxemia either at rest or during six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH or HPAH) have not been systemically studied.We sought to determine the prevalence, phenotypic and prognostic imp...

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Main Authors: Ghaleb Khirfan, Tawfeq Naal, Batool Abuhalimeh, Jennie Newman, Gustavo A Heresi, Raed A Dweik, Adriano R Tonelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5788375?pdf=render