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Upfront triple combination therapy-induced pulmonary edema in a case of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with Sjogren's syndrome

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Clinical efficacy of combination therapy using vasodilators for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is well established. However, information on its safety are limited.
Kimikazu Takeuchi   +11 more
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Epoprostenol treatment of acute pulmonary hypertension is associated with a paradoxical decrease in right ventricular contractility

open access: yes, 2008
Objective: Prostacyclins have been suggested to exert positive inotropic effects which would render them particularly suitable for the treatment of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction due to acute pulmonary hypertension (PHT).
Missant, Carlo   +6 more
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MODERN PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

open access: yesРоссийский кардиологический журнал, 2009
The review is devoted to modern pharmaceutical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In 1970-80s, it was based on high-dose calcium antagonists, CAs (e.g., nifedipine 240 mg/d), which were effective only in some patients with primary ...
D. V. Preobrazhensky   +5 more
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Use of aerosolized inhaled epoprostenol in the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension

open access: yes, 2000
Background. Portopulmonary hypertension is a known complication in the liver transplant candidate. Intravenous epoprostenol has been demonstrated to decrease pulmonary artery pressures and possibly remodel right ventricle geometry. Methods.
Rafii, Amir A.   +5 more
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Modern pharmaceutical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

open access: yesКардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2008
The review is devoted to modern pharmaceutical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In 1970-80s, it was based on high-dose calcium antagonists, CA (e.g., nifedipine 240 mg/d), which were effective only in some patients with primary ...
T. A. Batyraliev   +4 more
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Effects of Continuous Intravenous Epoprostenol Therapy on Advanced Primary Pulmonary Hypertension in Taiwanese Patients

open access: yes, 2009
Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a progressive disease for which them e is no cure. Continuous intravenous infusion of epoprostenol in selected patients with advanced PPH improves symptoms and survival, but the long-term impact has not been ...
LEE, YUNG-CHIE;HUANG, SHU-CHIEN;KUO, SHUENN-WEN;KO, WEN-JE;CHIANG, FU-TIEN   +1 more
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Inhaled nitric oxide versus epoprostenol during acute respiratory failure: an observational target trial emulation

open access: yes
Inhaled vasodilators nitric oxide and epoprostenol may be initiated to improve oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients with severe acute respiratory failure; however, practice patterns and head-to-head comparisons of effectiveness are unclear ...
Vail, Emily A.   +6 more
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Hypocalcemia after Denosumab in a Pulmonary Hypertension Patient Receiving Epoprostenol

open access: yes, 2017
We report the case of a 50-year-old woman with anorexigen-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with epoprostenol, who presented with Trousseau’s sign, leading to the diagnosis of severe hypocalcemia for which substitution was started ...
Benedicte De Muynck   +5 more
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Prostanoid therapies in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension

open access: yesTherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2015
Barbara L LeVarge Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA Abstract: Prostacyclin is an endogenous eicosanoid produced by endothelial cells; through actions on vascular smooth-muscle ...
LeVarge BL
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