The effects of parenteral prostacyclin therapy as add-on treatment to oral compounds in Eisenmenger syndrome

Michele D'Alto, Andrew Constantine, Olga Hajnalka Balint, Emanuele Romeo, Paola Argiento, Laszlo Ablonczy, Nika Skoro-Sajer, George Giannakoulas, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

Source: Eur Respir J, 54 (5) 1901401; 10.1183/13993003.01401-2019
Journal Issue: November
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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