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Can we start to think about consensus-oriented clinical practices?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Antonio Augusto Lopes  and
Marlene Rabinovitch
Antonio Augusto Lopes*
Affiliation:
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Heart Institute, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil Leaders, Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Congenital Heart Disease Taskforce, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom (www.pvri.info)
Marlene Rabinovitch
Affiliation:
Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatrics, Professor (by courtesy) Developmental Biology, Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Leaders, Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Congenital Heart Disease Taskforce, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom (www.pvri.info)
*
Correspondence to: Antonio Augusto Lopes, M.D., Director, Dept. Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, The Heart Institute (InCor) – HC.FMUSP, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, 05403-000 – São Paulo – Brazil. Tel: 55-11-3069-5350; Fax: 55-11-3069-5409; E-mail: aablopes@usp.br
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Keywords

Pulmonary hypertensioncongenital heart diseasepulmonary vascular diseasepulmonary vascular resistancepulmonary vasodilatorspediatric cardiac surgery
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Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 19 , Issue S1: Statements on the Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Congenital Heart Disease , May 2009 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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