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Pulmonary Hypertension

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Pulmonary hypertension describes raised pulmonary circulatory pressure, venous or arterial.

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  1. Imperial College, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

    Michael Y. Henein MSc, PhD (Senior Lecturer and Hon. Consultant in Cardiology/Echocardiography) & John Pepper M.Chir, FRCS (Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  2. Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

    Mary Sheppard MD, FRCPath (Consultant in Histopathology) & Michael Rigby MD, FRCP (Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist)

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Henein, M.Y., Sheppard, M., Pepper, J., Rigby, M. (2004). Pulmonary Hypertension. In: Clinical Echocardiography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3785-6_7

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