The use of perioperative intravenous sildenafil in patients with mitral valve disease and co-existent pulmonary hypertension during cardiac surgery

B. P. Madden, S. Sharma, E. Holden, Y. Looney, S. N. Fletcher, A. Sheth (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Session: Treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2381
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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