Selective and sustained pulmonary vasodilation with inhalational nitric oxide therapy in a child with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
Low doses of inhaled nitric oxide caused selective and sustained pulmonary vasodilation in an infant with pulmonary hypertension without causing systemic hypotension, despite the failure of treatment with other vasodilators.
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 80218-1088.
J P
JP
Kinsella
W H
WH
Toews
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D
Henry
S H
SH
Abman
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
D009569:Nitric Oxide