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Riociguat for Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension Caused by Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Author(s) -
Diana Bonderman,
Stefano Ghio,
Stephan B. Felix,
Hossein A. Ghofrani,
Evangelos D. Michelakis,
Veselin Mitrović,
Ronald J. Oudiz,
Francis Boateng,
AndreaViviana Scalise,
Lothar Roessig,
Marc J. Semigran
Publication year - 2013
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.113.001458
Subject(s) - medicine , riociguat , pulmonary hypertension , cardiology , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension caused by systolic left ventricular dysfunction is associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, no treatment is approved for this indication. We hypothesized that riociguat, a novel soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, would have beneficial hemodynamic effects in patients with pulmonary hypertension caused by systolic left ventricular dysfunction.

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