Successful transition from oral prostacyclin analogue (beraprost) to the selective endothelin receptor antagonist (sitaxsentan) therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension

M. Florczyk, M. Kurzyna, A. Fijalkowska, A. Kacprzak, M. Wieteska, C. Czajka, J. Kober, J. Zylkowska, A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and treatment
Session: Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and treatment
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1808
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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M. Florczyk, M. Kurzyna, A. Fijalkowska, A. Kacprzak, M. Wieteska, C. Czajka, J. Kober, J. Zylkowska, A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland). Successful transition from oral prostacyclin analogue (beraprost) to the selective endothelin receptor antagonist (sitaxsentan) therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 1808

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