## Abstract This is a report of the echocardiographic findings in a 9βyearβold white female with primary pulmonary arterial hypertension confirmed by catheterization and later at autopsy. The reported findings of an absent βaβ wave, a flat diastolic E to F slope, and a midsystolic closure of the pu
Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient
β Scribed by Mohammed H. Alghamdi; Michelle Steinraths; Constadina Panagiotopoulos; James E. Potts; George G. S. Sandor
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
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