Survival in pulmonary hypertension registries: the importance of incident cases

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¹ Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England. Electronic address: robin.condliffe@sth.nhs.uk.
² Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England.
³ Department of Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital, London, England.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
⁵ Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Brompton Hospital, London, England.
⁶ Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
⁷ Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
⁸ Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.

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Robin Condliffe et al. Chest. 2011 Jun.

. 2011 Jun;139(6):1547-1548.

doi: 10.1378/chest.10-3348.

¹ Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England. Electronic address: robin.condliffe@sth.nhs.uk.
² Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England.
³ Department of Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital, London, England.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
⁵ Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Brompton Hospital, London, England.
⁶ Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
⁷ Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
⁸ Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.

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