Therapeutic Enigma of Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Coarctation in Pulmonary Hypertension
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[Sildenafil treatment of unilateral pulmonary edema and pulmonary hypertension in pulmonary artery agenesis].
Congenital pulmonary artery agenesis is a rare cardiovascular malformation, frequently oligosymptomatic,1,2 that can be complicated with unilateral pulmonary edema3 or pulmonary hypertension.1,2,4 We report the case of a patient with congenital pulmonary artery agenesis and pulmonary hypertension who developed unilateral pulmonary edema and discuss the role of sildenafil in pulmonary hypertensi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-196510000-00013