One-year follow-up of the effects of sildenafil on pulmonary arterial hypertension and veno-occlusive disease
We hypothesized that chronic oral administration of the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil could improve the exercise capacity and pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) on the basis of previous short-term studies. We tested this hypothesis in 14 subjects...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2005-02-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000200006 |