Effects of sildenafil and the association of sildenafil-sixtasentan on the NO/CO transfer factor in low landers exposed to high altitude

J. B. Martinot, C. de Bisschop, C. Scoditti, C. Dedobbeleer, M. Overbeek, R. Naeije, H. Guenard (Namur, Brussels, Belgium; Poitiers, France; Bari, Italy; Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Physiological basis of respiratory disease
Session: Physiological basis of respiratory disease
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4743
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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