Comparison Between the Acute Pulmonary Vascular Effects of Oxygen with Nitric Oxide and Sildenafil
Objective. Right heart catheterization is performed in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension to determine the severity of disease and their pulmonary vascular reactivity. The acute pulmonary vascular effect of inhaled nitric oxide is frequently used to identify patients who will respond fav...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2015.00016/full |