Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8661912 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
PROKERALA registry with 2003 pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients is the largest reported registry from India and the low and middle-income region. The chart above shows the proportion of patients (%) in different categories of PH and their mean age. Left heart diseases attributed to three fifths of patients with PH, of them 27% and 21% were due to valvular heart disease and coronary artery disease, respectively.146
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Authors
S. Harikrishnan, G. Sanjay, M. Ashishkumar, Jaideep Menon, Gopalan Nair Rajesh, Raman Krishna Kumar, A. George Koshy, Thankachan V. Attacheril, Raju George, Eapen Punnoose, S.M. Ashraf, S.R. Arun, Mohammed Cholakkal, Panniyammakal Jeemon,