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Himanshu Rawal1, Annya Suman2, Rahul R Bhoite2

  • 1Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC.

Current Problems in Cardiology
|November 30, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) involves thrombosis, making anticoagulation a potential treatment. Current guidelines recommend anticoagulation for PAH, but evidence is limited, necessitating further research.

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