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Conventional and targeted medical therapies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Robyn J. Barst  and
Duncan Stewart
Robyn J. Barst*
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Columbia UniversityNew York, New York, United States of America
Duncan Stewart
Affiliation:
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
Correspondence to: Robyn J. Barst, MD, 31 Murray Hill Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583, USA. E-mail: robyn.barst@gmail.com
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Keywords

Pulmonary arterial hypertensioncongenital heart diseasepulmonary vasodilatorsprostacyclinendothelin receptor antagonistsphosphodiesterase inhibitors
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 19 , Issue S1: Statements on the Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Congenital Heart Disease , May 2009 , pp. 28 - 34
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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