Everolimus improves exercise capacity and pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with advanced pulmonary hypertension – A pilot study

H. J. Seyfarth, S. Hammerschmidt, M. Halank, P. Neuhaus, H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Dresden, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Treatment of human pulmonary hypertension
Session: Treatment of human pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2295
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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