Sildenafil increases exercise capacity by alleviation of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension at low altitude and at Mount Everest base camp

H. A. Ghofrani, F. Reichenberger, M. G. Kohstall, E. Mrosek, T. Seeger, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger (Giessen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Pulmonary hypertension
Session: Pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 760
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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H. A. Ghofrani, F. Reichenberger, M. G. Kohstall, E. Mrosek, T. Seeger, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger (Giessen, Germany). Sildenafil increases exercise capacity by alleviation of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension at low altitude and at Mount Everest base camp. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 760

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