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Review Article| Volume 19, ISSUE 1, P35-43, January 2023

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

  • Alexander E. Sherman
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, 650 Charles East Young Drive South 43-229 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1690.
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    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 650 Charles East Young Drive South 43-229 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1690, USA
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  • Rajan Saggar
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    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 650 Charles East Young Drive South 43-229 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1690, USA

    Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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