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Xavier Repessé1, Antoine Vieillard-Baron1,2,3

  • 1Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University Hospital Ambroise Paré, Intensive Care Unit, Section Thorax-Vascular Disease-Abdomen-Metabolism, Boulogne-Billancourt 92100, France.

Annals of Translational Medicine
|August 23, 2017
PubMed

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)acute cor pulmonale (ACP)driving pressurehypercapniaoxygenationright ventricle (RV)

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