Tadalafil improves quality of life and exercise tolerance in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension has a poor prognosis quoad vitam et valitudinem. Herein, we report on a middle-aged woman affected by idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension whose quality of life and exercise tolerance improved remarkably after a six-month course of treatment with the long-acting...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of cardiology 2006-04, Vol.108 (3), p.429-431
Hauptverfasser:	Affuso, Flora, Palmieri, Emiliano Antonio, Di Conza, Pasquale, Guardasole, Vincenzo, Fazio, Serafino
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Carbolines - therapeutic use Cardiology. Vascular system Endogenous vasodilators Exercise Tolerance - drug effects Female Hemodynamics Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - drug therapy Hypertension, Pulmonary - physiopathology Medical sciences Oxygen - blood Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Pneumology Pulmonary arterial hypertension Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases Quality of Life Selective inhibitors Tadalafil
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Zusammenfassung:	Pulmonary arterial hypertension has a poor prognosis quoad vitam et valitudinem. Herein, we report on a middle-aged woman affected by idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension whose quality of life and exercise tolerance improved remarkably after a six-month course of treatment with the long-acting phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor tadalafil.
ISSN:	0167-5273 1874-1754
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.051