Tadalafil Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Author(s) -
Nazzareno Galiè,
Bruce H. Brundage,
Hossein A. Ghofrani,
Ronald J. Oudiz,
Gérald Simonneau,
Zeenat Safdar,
Shelley Shapiro,
R. James White,
Melanie Chan,
Anthony Beardsworth,
Lyn R. Frumkin,
Robyn J. Barst
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.839274
Subject(s) - bosentan , tadalafil , medicine , endothelin receptor antagonist , placebo , confidence interval , endothelin receptor , pulmonary hypertension , sildenafil , cgmp specific phosphodiesterase type 5 , cardiology , anesthesia , pathology , receptor , alternative medicine
Treatment options for pulmonary arterial hypertension target the prostacyclin, endothelin, or nitric oxide pathways. Tadalafil, a phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor, increases cGMP, the final mediator in the nitric oxide pathway.
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