Ambrisentan therapy in pulmonary hypertension: clinical use and tolerability in a referral centre
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Ambrisentan therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of four doses of ambrisentan, an oral endothelin type A receptor-selective antagonist, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a life-threatening and progressive disease with limited treatment options. Endothelin is a vasoconstrictor and smooth muscle cell ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1753-4666,1753-4666
DOI: 10.1177/1753465814532304