Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension in African-Americans

Gaurav Choudhary; Matthew Jankowich; Wen-Chih Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084264

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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension in African-Americans

Gaurav Choudhary ,

* E-mail: Gaurav_choudhary@brown.edu

Affiliations Vascular Research Laboratory, Providence VA Medical Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Matthew Jankowich,

Affiliations Vascular Research Laboratory, Providence VA Medical Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Wen-Chih Wu

Affiliations Vascular Research Laboratory, Providence VA Medical Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension in African-Americans

Gaurav Choudhary,
Matthew Jankowich,
Wen-Chih Wu

Published: December 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084264

About the Authors

Gaurav Choudhary

* E-mail: Gaurav_choudhary@brown.edu

Affiliations Vascular Research Laboratory, Providence VA Medical Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Matthew Jankowich

Wen-Chih Wu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC WCW MJ. Analyzed the data: GC WCW MJ. Wrote the manuscript: GC WCW MJ.

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