Nifedipine reduces pulmonary pressure and vascular tone during short- but not long-term treatment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Agostoni, P; Doria, E; Galli, C; Tamborini, G; Guazzi, M D

Agostoni, P; Doria, E; Galli, C; Tamborini, G; Guazzi, M D.

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Agostoni P; Istituto di Cardiologia, University of Milan, Italy.

Am Rev Respir Dis ; 139(1): 120-5, 1989 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2912331

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Hypertension, Pulmonary/drug therapy; Lung Diseases, Obstructive/complications; Nifedipine/therapeutic use; Pulmonary Circulation/drug effects; Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure/drug effects; Cardiac Output/drug effects; Exercise Test; Female; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology; Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology; Lung Diseases, Obstructive/therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Nifedipine/administration & dosage; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; Pulmonary Wedge Pressure/drug effects; Time Factors; Vasodilation/drug effects

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Database: MEDLINE Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Aromoterapia Main subject: Nifedipine / Pulmonary Circulation / Hypertension, Pulmonary / Lung Diseases, Obstructive Type of study: Etiology_studies Language: En Journal: Am Rev Respir Dis Year: 1989 Type: Article Affiliation country: Italy

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