Comparison of acute hemodynamic effects of inhaled nitric oxide and inhaled epoprostenol in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-73

  Preston, Ioana R ^a   Sagliani, Kristen D ^a   Roberts, Kari E ^a   Shah, Archan M ^a   DeSouza, Shilpa A ^a   Howard, William ^a   Brennan, John ^a   Hill, Nicholas S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Inhaled epoprostenol; Inhaled nitric oxide; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903906717     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.109916     Document Type: Article

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