Vasoreactivity to inhaled nitric oxide with oxygen predicts long-term survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-258

  Malhotra, Rajeev ^a   Hess, Dean ^a   Lewis, Gregory D ^a   Bloch, Kenneth D ^a   Waxman, Aaron B ^b   Semigran, Marc J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Vasodilator testing; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857844890     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.83449     Document Type: Article

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