Dramatic decrease in the pulmonary artery systolic pressure and disappearance of the interatrial shunt with sildenafil treatment in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension with atrial septal aneurysm and a severe right to left shunt through the patent foramen ovale

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-99

  Karakaya, Osman ^a   Özdemir, Nihal ^a   Kaymaz, Cihangir ^a   Barutcu, Irfan ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Primary pulmonary hypertension; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; SILDENAFIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; VALSARTAN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PIPERAZINES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33646804156     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.076     Document Type: Article

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