LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: COPD-associated severe pulmonary hypertension (COPDPH): results of a 16-weeks prospective multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial (RCT) [SPHERIC-1 (http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01441934)] investigating the effect of sildenafil citrate (Sld) on pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and PaO2.

P. Vitulo, M. Sofia, M. Confalonieri, D. Libertucci, T. Oggionni, P. Rottoli, F. Tuzzolino, M. Guardamagna, D. Vizza (Palermo, Naples, Trieste, Turin, Pavia, Siena, Milan, Rome, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Pulmonary circulation: basic science
Session: Pulmonary circulation: basic science
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 5151
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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