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Overview: Pulmonary hypertension confers increased risk for perioperative morbidity and mortality in noncardiac surgery [1]. In the absence of evidence-based guidelines, perioperative management of patients with this condition demands thoughtful clinical reasoning.
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Porter, B.S. (2013). Pulmonary Hypertension. In: Wong, C., Hamlin, N. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3220-3_16
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