Quality of life as a prognostic marker in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Caio Julio Cesar dos Santos Fernandes; Barbara do Carmo dos Santos Martins; Carlos Jardim; Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli; Luciana Tamie Kato Morinaga; Ana Paula Breda; Susana Hoette; Rogério Souza

doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0130-3

doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0130-3

Quality of life as a prognostic marker in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Caio Julio Cesar dos Santos Fernandes

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Barbara do Carmo dos Santos Martins

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..., Rogério Souza

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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes3.60

Volume: 12, Issue: 1

Published: Aug 30, 2014

Abstract

Improvement in quality of life together with better survival are the ultimate goals in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients with the SF-36 generic questionnaire and to identify the prognostic implication of this assessment. Fifty-four consecutive newly diagnosed PAH patients (WHO...

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Quality of life as a prognostic marker in pulmonary arterial hypertension

DOI

doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0130-3

Published Date

Aug 30, 2014

Journal

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volume

12

Issue

1

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