Ambrisentan and Tadalafil Up-front Combination Therapy in Scleroderma-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Initial Use of Ambrisentan plus Tadalafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
BACKGROUND Data on the effect of initial combination therapy with ambrisentan and tadalafil on long-term outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension are scarce. METHODS In this event-driven, double-blind study, we randomly assigned, in a 2:1:1 ratio, participants with World Health Organization functional class II or III symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension who had not pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1073-449X,1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1398oc