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How common is SCI and pulminary hypertension?
Our SCI's at higher risk?
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12-10-2008, 11:32 AM
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I have not found any increased risk for SCI in the literature, buthere are the risk factors.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pul...N=risk-factors I did find one case where a history of blood clots was the cause of the pulmonary hypertension. http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:15852059 AAD |
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12-10-2008, 11:33 AM
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clarification to above, this was a history of pulmonary emboli(blood clots in the lungs).
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12-11-2008, 03:30 PM
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Thank you
for your time.
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