Sildenafil was effective for reducing diastolic dysfunction and altered ejection fraction among patients with SSc.

Overall, 120 patients received sildenafil, 235 received bosentan, 257 received ACE inhibitors, and 143 received iloprost. The results underscore the need for further research into sildenafil as a ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

Objectives Continuous albuterol nebulization is generally administered at 2.5–20 mg/hr at most centers. We examined the effect of high-dose (75 or 150 mg/hr) albuterol on clinical variables in ...

The aim was to update the 2009 European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with attention to new therapeutic questions. Update of the ...

1.4 Associated with connective tissue disease, HIV infection, portal hypertension, congenital heart disease, schistosomiasis ALK-1 indicates activin receptor-like kinase 1; BMPR2, bone morphogenetic ...

4 University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), member of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany Until recently, three classes of medical therapy were available for the ...

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly common across the heart failure population. Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a feared complication that can occur in the early post-operative ...

Background Physicians treating acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are faced with difficult management decisions while specific guidance from recent guidelines may be absent. Methods Fourteen clinical ...

DailyMed. Tyvaso DPI -trepostinil inhalant. DailyMed. Tyvaso - trepostinil inhalant. DailyMed. Label: Ventavis- iloprost solution. DailyMed. Label: Remodulin- treprostinil injection, solution sterile ...

Center for Infections and Genomics of the Lung (CIGL) Justus Liebig University Giessen German Center for Lung Research, Aulweg 132, 35392 Gießen, Germany Center for Infections and Genomics of the Lung ...

Objective To assess the effect of sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, on digital ulcer (DU) healing in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Randomised, placebo-controlled study in patients ...