| Pulmonary Vasodilation in Acute and Chronic Heart Failure: Empiricism and Evidence. | |
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PMID: 21556702 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Pulmonary hypertension in heart failure is associated with exercise intolerance and adverse outcomes. With the availability of multiple drugs that cause pulmonary vasodilation and decrease pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary hypertension becomes an attractive therapeutic target. Out of several classes of medications, oral phosphodiesterase inhibitors emerge as the most promising in terms of symptomatic improvement, hemodynamic benefits, reverse cardiac remodeling, and functional capacity. Future trials will show whether the use of these drugs translates to decreased morbidity and mortality in heart failure. |
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Maya Guglin |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-10 |
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Title: Current heart failure reports Volume: - ISSN: 1546-9549 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101196487 Medline TA: Curr Heart Fail Rep Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Cardiology, University of South Florida, 2A Columbia Drive, Suite 5074, Tampa, FL, 33618, USA, mguglin@health.usf.edu. |
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