The role of preoperative sildenafil therapy in controlling of postoperative pulmonary hypertension in children with ventricular septal defects

Introduction: Most of the ventricular septal defects (VSD) are complicated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) which is the major cause of pulmonary hypertensive crisis and right ventricular failure. Methods: We reviewed clinical outcomes of 63 infants who underwent cardiac surgery and were d...

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Main Authors: Hamid Bigdelian, Mohsen Sedighi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research
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Online Access:http://jcvtr.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/JCVTR-9-179.pdf