Role of Sildenafil in Acute Posttransplant Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Successful Experience in 13 Consecutive Patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2015-2018

  De Santo, L S ^a   Mastroianni, C ^b   Romano, G ^c   Amarelli, C ^c   Marra, C ^c   Maiello, C ^c   Galdieri, N ^c   Della Corte, A ^b   Cotrufo, M ^b   Caianiello, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 48049114444     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.055     Document Type: Article

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