ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Surgical Treatments / Interventions for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

2004;126;63-71 Chest John Conte Ramona L. Doyle, Douglas McCrory, Richard N. Channick, Gerald Simonneau and ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Surgical Treatments/Interventions for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: This information is current as of April 22, 2006 http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/126/1_suppl/63S located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is ISSN: 0012-3692. may be reproduced or distributed without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook IL 60062. All rights reserved. No part of this article or PDF published monthly since 1935. Copyright 2005 by the American College of Chest Physicians, CHEST is the official journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. It has been

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