title: The effect of nifedipine [correction of nifidipine] and cimetidine on the haemodynamics of Egyptian bilharzial pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: The pathogenesis of bilharzial pulmonary hypertension differs from the hypoxic type of pulmonary hypertension. Nifedipine [corrected] a calcium channel blocker was tried as a treatment for lowering pulmonary artery pressure. Nifedipine [corrected] 20 mg sublingually was found to lower the pulmonary artery pressure but not to a statistically significant level. No significant changes before and after 200 mg cimetidine intravenous, were seen.
authors: Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Imbaba, Cairo.
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: el Hawy
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Negm
authors: A
authors: A
authors: el-Rakaybe
authors: A I
authors: AI
authors: Abdel-Maged
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: Mansour
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011897:Random Allocation; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D002927:Cimetidine; D009543:Nifedipine