Intravenous clonidine administration and its ability to reduce pulmonary arterial pressure in patients undergoing heart surgery

Objective: Evaluate the ability of clonidine to reduce pulmonary arterial pressure in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing heart surgery, either by reducing the pressure values from the direct measurement of pulmonary arterial pressure or by reducing or eliminating the need for intraopera...

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Main Authors: Benedito Barbosa João, José Luis Gomes do Amaral, Ronaldo Machado Bueno, David Ferez, Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão, Marcelo Vaz Perez, Itamar Souza de Oliveira-Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001413001772