Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors help climbers to achieve new heights

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 672-673

  Swallow, Tom ^a   Anderson, Chris ^a  

^a CROMWELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; CLIMBING; DYSPNEA; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXERCISE; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TACHYCARDIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HUMANS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 33644881652     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06019.x     Document Type: Note

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