RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sildenafil as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 827
OP 828
DO 10.1136/adc.88.9.827
VO 88
IS 9
A1 W D Carroll
A1 R Dhillon
YR 2003
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/9/827.abstract
AB Severe, chronic pulmonary hypertension in childhood is uncommon, difficult to treat, and carries a poor prognosis. Sildenafil (Viagra, Pfizer) has been used successfully in adults with pulmonary hypertension as monotherapy or in combination with inhaled prostacyclin. Here we report on its use in three children.