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Chronic Outpatient Sildenafil Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension in a Child After Cardiac Surgery

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We report the case of a 14-month-old male with d-transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary hypertension successfully treated with long-term sildenafil following cardiac surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of long-term sildenafil treatment in a child after corrective cardiac surgery.

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  1. Riley Hospital for Children, 702 Barnhill Drive, Room 1016, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    C.A. Knoderer, E.S. Ebenroth & J.W. Brown

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Knoderer, C., Ebenroth, E. & Brown, J. Chronic Outpatient Sildenafil Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension in a Child After Cardiac Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol 26, 859–861 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-005-0945-0

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