Oral sildenafil to control pulmonary hypertension after congenital heart surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-117

  Peiravian, Farah ^b   Amirghofran, Ahmad A ^a   Borzouee, Mohammad ^a   Ajami, Gholam H ^a   Sabri, Mohammad R ^a   Kolaee, Sara ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NOSE CONGESTION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 34248340974     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500207     Document Type: Article

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