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Use of sildenafil in an infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung and renal hypoplasia - a case report.

Karen Lavie-NevoKevin C HarrisJoseph Y Ting
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2019)
We describe the early use of sildenafil in treating pulmonary hypertension associated with lung and renal hypoplasia in a non-CDH patient. Following this treatment the patient made a full recovery from right ventricular dysfunction.
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