Levosimendan is not effective in reducing pulmonary pressures in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: Report of two cases

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-507

  Cavusoglu, Yuksel ^a   Beyaztas, Ayse ^a   Birdane, Alparslan ^a   Ata, Necmi ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; Levosimendan; Right heart failure

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ILOPROST; LEVOSIMENDAN; OXYGEN; SPIRONOLACTONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE; SIMENDAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECANALIZATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PYRIDAZINES; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 67649213062     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832aa873     Document Type: Article

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