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New Drugs for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Acute pulmonary hypertension due to diffuse vasoconstriction and microembo-lization is a common event in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [1, 2]. Why should pulmonary artery hypertension be treated?

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  1. Institut für Anaesthesiologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Erich Rügheimer

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Radermacher, P., Santak, B., Falke, K.J., Tarnow, J. (1992). New Drugs for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome. In: Rügheimer, E. (eds) New Aspects on Respiratory Failure. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74943-8_13

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