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Review
. 2020 Apr 30;2020(1):e202005.
doi: 10.21542/gcsp.2020.5.

Pulmonary hypertension: From an orphan disease to a global epidemic

Ghazwan Butrous  1
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Review

Pulmonary hypertension: From an orphan disease to a global epidemic

Ghazwan Butrous. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Current classification of PH as per the 6th WHPH in Nice 2018.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Attendees of the World Symposia on Pulmonary Hypertension.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.. Progress of pulmonary vascular diseases.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.. The estimated distribution of various forms of pulmonary hypertension the developing and developed countries.
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