Oral sildenafil is a potent pulmonary vasodilator and improves gas exchange in patients with COPD with pulmonary hypertension

G. Butrous, H. A. Ghofrani, N. Weissmann, R. Schermuly, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger (Sandwich, United Kingdom; Giessen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Pulmonary hypertension: diagnostic tools and therapeutic approaches
Session: Pulmonary hypertension: diagnostic tools and therapeutic approaches
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2494
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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