Exercise desaturation as a marker of disease severity in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Introduction Pulmonary hypertension patients develop hemodynamic changes that contribute to the symptoms, especially during exertion. The inability of the heart to increase cardiac output and the ventilation/perfusion mismatch, may explain the presence of exercise oxygen desaturation. Rationale The...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2019;volume=68;issue=3;spage=412;epage=415;aulast=El-Korashy |