Tadalafil Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. On behalf of the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Response to Tadalafil (PHIRST) Study Group

Autor: GALIE', NAZZARENO, Brundage BH, Ghofrani HA, Oudiz RJ, Simonneau G, Safdar Z, Shapiro S, White RJ, Chan M, Beardsworth A, Frumkin L, Barst RJ
Přispěvatelé: Galiè N, Brundage BH, Ghofrani HA, Oudiz RJ, Simonneau G, Safdar Z, Shapiro S, White RJ, Chan M, Beardsworth A, Frumkin L, Barst RJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Popis: Treatment options for pulmonary arterial hypertension target the prostacyclin, endothelin, or nitric oxide pathways. Tadalafil, a phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor, increases cGMP, the final mediator in the nitric oxide pathway. Methods and Results-In this 16-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 405 patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic or associated), either treatment-naive or on BACKGROUND
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