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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Aug 15;84(4):481-4, A10.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00342-2.

Frequency and prognostic significance of pericardial effusion in primary pulmonary hypertension. PPH Study Group. Primary pulmonary hypertension

A L Hinderliter  1 , P W Willis 4th, W Long, W R Clarke, D Ralph, E J Caldwell, W Williams, N A Ettinger, N S Hill, W R Summer, B de Biosblanc, G Koch, S Li, L M Clayton, M M Jöbsis, J W Crow
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Frequency and prognostic significance of pericardial effusion in primary pulmonary hypertension. PPH Study Group. Primary pulmonary hypertension

A L Hinderliter et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

Pericardial effusion was noted in 43 of 79 patients (54%) with severe primary pulmonary hypertension. Larger effusion was associated with hemodynamic and echocardiographic evidence of right heart failure, impaired exercise tolerance, and a poor 1-year prognosis.

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