Ventilatory efficiency and dyspnea on exertion improvements are related to reduced pulmonary pressure in heart failure patients receiving Sildenafil

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-412

  Guazzi, Marco ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^b   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^c   Bensimhon, Daniel ^d   Chase, Paul ^d   Arena, Ross ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LeBauer Cardiovascular Research Foundation   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Intervention; Pharmacology; Pulmonary pressure; Ventilatory efficiency

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG PRESSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77957886071     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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