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• Inhaled nitric oxide selectively dilates pulmonary vasculature in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension, irrespective of etiology.

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• Comparison of the effects of nitric oxide, nitroprusside, and nifedipine on hemodynamics and right ventricular contractility in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension.

  Cockrill BA, Kacmarek RM, Fifer MA, Bigatello LM, Ginns LC, Zapol WM, Semigran MJ. Cockrill BA, et al. Chest. 2001 Jan;119(1):128-36. doi: 10.1378/chest.119.1.128. Chest. 2001. PMID: 11157594
• Inhaled nitric oxide for pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation.

  Ardehali A, Hughes K, Sadeghi A, Esmailian F, Marelli D, Moriguchi J, Hamilton MA, Kobashigawa J, Laks H. Ardehali A, et al. Transplantation. 2001 Aug 27;72(4):638-41. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200108270-00013. Transplantation. 2001. PMID: 11544423
• Acute hemodynamic effects of inhaled nitric oxide, dobutamine and a combination of the two in patients with mild to moderate secondary pulmonary hypertension.

  Vizza CD, Rocca GD, Roma AD, Iacoboni C, Pierconti F, Venuta F, Rendina E, Schmid G, Pietropaoli P, Fedele F. Vizza CD, et al. Crit Care. 2001 Dec;5(6):355-61. doi: 10.1186/cc1069. Epub 2001 Oct 9. Crit Care. 2001. PMID: 11737925 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
• Beneficial effects of inhaled nitric oxide in adult cardiac surgical patients.

  Maxey TS, Smith CD, Kern JA, Tribble CG, Jones DR, Kron IL, Crosby IK. Maxey TS, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Feb;73(2):529-32; discussion 532-3. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03398-7. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002. PMID: 11845869