Bosentan Treatment in an Adult With Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Patent Ductus Arteriosus Permits Surgical Repair

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1345-1346

  Mitropoulos, Fotios A ^a   Apostolopoulou, Sotiria C ^b   Kanakis, Meletios A ^a   Rammos, Spyridon ^b   Anagnostopoulos, Constantine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 37149046284     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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