Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex, progressing and debilitating pulmonary vascular
disease associated with poor prognosis. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) are two distinct subtypes of
PH with different pathophysiologic mechanisms and treatment strategies [
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Publication history
Published online: September 29, 2018
Accepted:
September 26,
2018
Received in revised form:
September 26,
2018
Received:
September 23,
2018
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