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Acute right heart decompensation in a multiple trauma patient with chronic pulmonary hypertension

Authors: Steffen Weber-Carstens, Christian Lojewski, Sven Bercker, Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Suzanne Fateh-Moghadam, Udo Kaisers

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2011

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Title: Acute right heart decompensation in a multiple trauma patient with chronic pulmonary hypertension
Authors: Steffen Weber-Carstens
Christian Lojewski
Sven Bercker
Klaus-Dieter Schaser
Suzanne Fateh-Moghadam
Udo Kaisers
Publication date: 01-04-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-2122-z

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