Continuous intravenous infusion of epoprostenol for the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 604-606

  Kuo, Paul C ^a,c   Johnson, Lynt B ^a   Plotkin, Jeffrey S ^b   Howell, Charles D ^a   Bartlett, Stephen T ^a   Rubin, Lewis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031041342     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199702270-00020     Document Type: Article

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