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Pulmonary endarterectomy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: How can patients be better selected?
Juan C Grignola, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
Juan C Grignola, Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Maciel Hospital, Ministry of the Public Health, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
Enric Domingo, Area of the Heart, University Hospital of Vall d’Hebron, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Enric Domingo, Department of Physiology, University Autonoma of Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
Author contributions: Grignola JC collected the materials and wrote the manuscript; Domingo E discussed the topic and supervised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Juan C Grignola, MD, PhD, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic, Avda Italia 2876, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay. jgrig@fmed.edu.uy
Telephone: +598-2487-1515 Fax: +598-2942-7820
Received: August 23, 2012
Revised: December 21, 2012
Accepted: January 18, 2013
Published online: March 26, 2013
Processing time: 215 Days and 13.2 Hours
Revised: December 21, 2012
Accepted: January 18, 2013
Published online: March 26, 2013
Processing time: 215 Days and 13.2 Hours
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