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Case Reports
. 2000 Aug;91(2):291-5.
doi: 10.1097/00000539-200008000-00008.

Intraoperative use of inhaled PGI(2) for acute pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure

R A Schroeder  1 , G L Wood, J S Plotkin, P C Kuo
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Case Reports

Intraoperative use of inhaled PGI(2) for acute pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure

R A Schroeder et al. Anesth Analg. 2000 Aug.

Abstract

Inhaled prostacyclin (PGI(2)) can be used as an effective pulmonary vasodilator intraoperatively to treat pulmonary hypertension and impending right ventricular failure.

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