Journal:
:iranian journal of pharmaceutical research
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babak sharif-kashani lung transplantation research center, nritld, masih daneshvari hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
ali hamraghani clinical pharmacy department, school of pharmacy, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
jamshid salamzadeh clinical pharmacy department, school of pharmacy, shahid behehshti university of medical sciences, tehran , iran.
mohammad abbasinazari clinical pharmacy department,
school of pharmacy, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
majid malekmohammad chronic respiratory diseases research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases (nritld), pharmaceutical care department,tehran,iran
neda behzadnia lung transplantation research center, nritld, masih daneshvari hospital, shahid
beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
pulmonary hypertension (ph) is an important cause of heart failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the pro brain natriuretic peptide n-terminal (nt-probnp) has been suggested as a noninvasive marker to evaluate ventricular function. however, there is no evidence to support the use of nt-probnp in monitoring the benefits of vasodilators in copd induced ph. thus, we used nt-probn...