Felodipine in primary pulmonary hypertension. Report of two cases

Acta Med Scand. 1984;215(3):275-80. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1984.tb05006.x.

Abstract

Two women with primary pulmonary hypertension were treated with felodipine, a vasodilating agent. A marked reduction in pulmonary artery pressure was noted in one, whereas the other showed no reduction in pressure but an increase in blood flow and a decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Felodipine
  • Female
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Nifedipine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Nifedipine / therapeutic use
  • Vascular Resistance / drug effects

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Nifedipine
  • Felodipine