Ten year's experience in continuous intravenous epoprosterol therapy in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension;Experiencia de 10 años en el tratamiento con epoprostenol en perfusión intravenosa continua en hipertensión pulmonar arterial grave

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-235

  Pombo Jiménez, Marta ^a   Escribano Subías, Pilar ^b   Tello de Meneses, Rocío ^b   Gómez Sánchez, Miguel Á ^b   Delgado Jiménez, Juan ^b   Dalmau González Gallarza, Regina ^b   Lázaro Salvador, María ^b   Hernández Rodríguez, Isidro ^b   Tascón Pérez, Juan ^b   Sáenz de la Calzada, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prostaglandins; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0038523939     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13043948     Document Type: Article

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