Efficacy and safety of bosentan in adults with simple and complex Eisenmenger's syndrome

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-15

  Williams, Ryan ^a   Houser, Linda ^a   Miner, Pamela ^a   Aboulhosn, Jamil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Congenital heart disease; Eisenmenger's syndrome

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ILOPROST; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863035531     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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