Pulmonary vasodilation therapy with sildenafil citrate in a patient with plastic bronchitis after the Fontan procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1232-1233

  Haseyama, Keiji ^a   Satomi, Gengi ^a   Yasukochi, Satoshi ^a   Matsui, Hikoro ^a   Harada, Yorikazu ^a   Uchita, Shunji ^a  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPOPROSTENOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33750035793     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.067     Document Type: Article

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