Riociguat, a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, ameliorates right ventricular contraction in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Riociguat is a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator used for pulmonary hypertension (PH) treatment. We evaluated right ventricular (RV) contractile function in 27 PH patients receiving riociguat. A comparison of pre- and post-administration echocardiographic studies demonstrated significantly improv...

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Main Authors: Mitsushige Murata, Takashi Kawakami, Masaharu Kataoka, Takashi Kohno, Yuji Itabashi, Keiichi Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-12-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045893217746111