Addition of oral sildenafil to beraprost is a safe and effective therapeutic option for patients with pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-289

  Ikeda, Daisuke ^a   Tsujino, Ichizo ^a   Ohira, Hiroshi ^a   Itoh, Naofumi ^a   Kamigaki, Mitsunori ^a   Ishimaru, Shinji ^a   Sakaue, Shinji ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beraprost; Pulmonary hypertension; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

BERAPROST; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES;

EID: 15744382057     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000155386.49103.ce     Document Type: Article

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