Dramatic response of a patient with pregnancy induced idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension to sildenafil treatment

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 414-417

  Taçoy, Gülten ^a   Ekim, Numan Nadir ^a   Çengel, Atiye ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pregnancy; Sildenafil; Treatment

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; SILDENAFIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NAUSEA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUERPERIUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PIPERAZINES; PREGNANCY; PURINES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77950238376     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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