Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation

Aparna Kulkarni; Tajinder P. Singh; Ashok Sarnaik; Henry L. Walters; Ralph Delius

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2003.09.024

Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation

Aparna Kulkarni, Tajinder P. Singh, Ashok Sarnaik, Henry L. Walters, Ralph Delius

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Abstract

Patients with increased pulmonary vascular resistance may experience acute pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation. Pulmonary vasodilator drugs usually are delivered by the intravenous or the endotracheal route during acute pulmonary hypertensive crisis. Oral pulmonary vasodilators have a potential role in less acutely ill patients with increased pulmonary artery pressure after heart transplantation. We describe the 1st successful post-operative use of oral sildenafil for pulmonary vasodilation in a patient after heart transplantation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1441-1444
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2003.09.024
State	Published - Dec 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation

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