Prostacyclin therapies for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 891-901

  Gomberg Maitland, M ^a   Olschewski, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

6 min walk distance; Cor pulmonale; Inhaled drugs; Prostacyclin; Pulmonary circulation; Vascular remodelling

Indexed keywords

BERAPROST; BOSENTAN; ILOPROST; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL; UNIPROST; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FLUSHING; FOOT PAIN; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; LOOSE FECES; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 42949166212     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097107     Document Type: Review

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