Pilot assessment of the response of several pulmonary hemodynamic variables to sublingual sildenafil in candidates for heart transplantation

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 615-617

  Angel Gómez Sánchez, Miguel ^a   Saenz De La Calzada, Carlos ^a   Escribano Subías, Pilar ^a   Francisco Delgado Jiménez, Juan ^a   Lázaro Salvador, María ^a   Albarrán González, Agustín ^a   Cea Calvo, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart transplant; Pulmonary hypertension; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; LOSARTAN; SILDENAFIL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERAZINES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 4043177042     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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