Dexamethasone and tadalafil prophylaxis prevents both excessive pulmonary constriction and high altitude pulmonary edema in susceptible subjects

M. Maggiorini, H. P. Brunner-La Rocca, P. Bärtsch, M. Fischler, T. Böhm, K. E. Bloch, H. Mairbäurl (Zurich, Basel, Switzerland; Heidelberg, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Pulmonary hypertension
Session: Pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 769
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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