Switch of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension after withdrawal of the endothelin receptor antagonist sitaxentan

D. Pittrow, A. Ghofrani, S. Rosenkranz, E. Grünig, D. Huscher, H. Tiede, M. Delcroix, G. Stähler, M. Halank, M. Held, C. Grohé, T. J. Lange, J. Behr, H. Klose, H. Wilkens, R. Speich, C. M. Kähler, A. Filusch, M. Germann, R. Ewert, H. J. Seyfarth, K. M. Olsson, C. F. Opitz, S. P. Gaine, C. D. Vizza, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf, H. Kaemmerer, J. S. R. Gibbs, O. Distler, C. Schweiger, M. M. Hoeper (Dresden, Giessen, Cologne, Heidelberg, Berlin, Hannover, Loewenstein, Würzburg, Regensburg, Munich, Hamburg, Homburg, Freiburg, Greifswald, Leipzig, Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Leuven, Belgium; Zurich, Switzerland; Innsbruck, Austria; Dublin, Ireland; Rome, Italy; Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Pulmonary circulation: clinical treatment
Session: Pulmonary circulation: clinical treatment
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4067
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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