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Pulmonary artery distensibility in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cagatay Ertan1, Neslihan Tarakci, Ozcan Ozeke

  • 1Department of Cardiology, Acibadem University, Eskisehir, Turkey.

Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|March 16, 2013
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Keywords:
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasedistensibilityechocardiographypulmonary arterystiffness

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