Use of sildenafil and nitric oxide in the management of hypoxemia owing to pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas after total cavopulmonary connection

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Feb;135(2):446-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.009.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / complications*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Child, Preschool
  • Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Bypass, Right / adverse effects*
  • Heart Bypass, Right / methods
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / drug therapy*
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Nitric Oxide / therapeutic use*
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Purines / therapeutic use
  • Radiography
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sildenafil Citrate
  • Sulfones / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Resistance / drug effects
  • Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors
  • Piperazines
  • Purines
  • Sulfones
  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Sildenafil Citrate