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Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors improve microvascular dysfunction markers in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease.

Mariana M ClavéNair Y MaedaAna M ThomazSergio P BydlowskiAntonio Augusto Lopes
Published in: Congenital heart disease (2018)
In PAH associated with congenital heart disease, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors seem to have beneficial actions at microcirculatory level, beyond the proposed effects as vasodilators.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • congenital heart disease
  • pulmonary artery
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • oxidative stress
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons