Felodipine in primary pulmonary hypertension. Report of two cases.
Two women with primary pulmonary hypertension were treated with felodipine, a vasodilating agent. A marked reduction in pulmonary artery pressure was noted in one, whereas the other showed no reduction in pressure but an increase in blood flow and a decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance.
D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015736:Felodipine; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D009543:Nifedipine; D015736:Felodipine