Acute and Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Sildenafil for the Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension in a Heart Transplant Recipient

作者：Zaca Valerio^*; Padeletti Margherita; Pagliaro Antonio; Furiozzi Fabio; Mondillo Sergio; Favilli Roberto

来源：Pharmacology, 2011, 87(1-2): 24-27.

DOI：10.1159/000322531

• Heart transplantation
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Sildenafil
• Venous thromboembolism

We report on the successful treatment with sildenafil of a unique case of severe chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension which developed as a late complication in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient, with focus on the potential therapeutic challenges encountered in the management of such a peculiar association of clinical conditions.

• 出版日期2011