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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Piglet
Published on: November 4, 2015
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension complicating long-term cyproterone acetate therapy
David Montani1, Laurent Bertoletti1, Marie-Camille Chaumais1
1Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire (DHU) Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. UMR-S 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence (LabEx) en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique (LERMIT), Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France. CHU de St-Etienne, Service de Médecine et Thérapeutique, Hôpital Nord, St-Etienne, France. Université Jean-Monnet, Groupe de Recherche sur la Thrombose (EA 3065), St-Etienne, France. Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, Chatenay-Malabry, France. AP-HP, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire (DHU) Thorax Innovation, Service de Pharmacie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France. Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France. CHU Hôpital de Brabois, Service des Maladies Respiratoires et Réanimation Respiratoire, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire (DHU) Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. UMR-S 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence (LabEx) en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique (LERMIT), Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France. CHU de St-Etienne, Service de Médecine et Thérapeutique, Hôpital Nord, St-Etienne, France. Université Jean-Monnet, Groupe de Recherche sur la Thrombose (EA 3065), St-Etienne, France. Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, Chatenay-Malabry, France. AP-HP, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire (DHU) Thorax Innovation, Service de Pharmacie, Hôpital Antoine Bé
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