Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 1035-1041 , July 2010

Prevalence and impact of coronary artery disease in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

  • Steven D. Nathan

      Affiliations

    • Inova Transplant Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 (703) 776 3610; fax: +1 (703) 776 3515.
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  • Ashwin Basavaraj

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Cristina Reichner

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Oksana A. Shlobin

      Affiliations

    • Inova Transplant Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
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  • Shahzad Ahmad

      Affiliations

    • Inova Transplant Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
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  • Joseph Kiernan

      Affiliations

    • Inova Transplant Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
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  • Nelson Burton

      Affiliations

    • Inova Transplant Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
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  • Scott D. Barnett

      Affiliations

    • Inova Transplant Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA

Received 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 February 2010.

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☆ This study was unfunded. None of the authors have any financial conflicts of interest relevant to the subject of this manuscript.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.02.008

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 1035-1041 , July 2010

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