Combining bosentan and sildenafil improves mitochondrial capacity and restores right ventricular contractility in established pulmonary hypertension

K. T. B. Mouchaers, I. Schalij, G. P. van Nieuw Amerongen, W. J. van der Laarse, A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Pathogenesis and novel therapeutic targets in pulmonary hypertension
Session: Pathogenesis and novel therapeutic targets in pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 224
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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