Effect of chronic infusion of epoprostenol on echocardiographic right ventricular myocardial performance index and its relation to clinical outcome in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension☆
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Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Dr. George Honos, Dr. Francois Marcotte, and Dr. Ann Walling. We thank Eileen Shalit, Nurse-Clinician, for her assistance. We also thank the sonographers Marie-Josée Blais, Carole Daoust, Ann Godbout, and Ali Boufekane.
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This study was supported in part by the Bank of Montreal Center for the Study of Heart Disease in Women, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.