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Exercise capacity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: The effect of pulmonary hypertension

DOI

77

Citations

25

References

2010

Year

Afroditi Boutou, Georgia Pitsiou, Ioannis Trigonis, Despina Papakosta, Paschalina Kontou, Nikolaos Chavouzis, Chrysanthi Nakou, Paraskevi Argyropoulou, Karlman Wasserman, Ioannis Stanopoulos
Respirology

Abstract

PH has a negative impact on exercise capacity in IPF patients. In IPF patients with PH, resting sPAP correlated with exercise parameters indicative of gas exchange and circulatory impairment, but not with defective lung mechanics.

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