Dramatic decrease in the pulmonary artery systolic pressure and disappearance of the interatrial shunt with sildenafil treatment in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension with atrial septal aneurysm and a severe right to left shunt through the patent foramen ovale.

Journal: International Journal Of Cardiology

Published: April 21, 2005

Abstract

This report describes a patients with PPH with atrial septal aneurysm and a severe right to left shunt through the patent foramen ovale who showed a dramatic decrease in the pulmonary artery systolic pressure and interatrial shunt disappeared after sildenafil treatment.

Authors

Osman Karakaya, Nihal Ozdemir, Cihangir Kaymaz, Irfan Barutcu

Relevant Conditions

Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension

Dramatic decrease in the pulmonary artery systolic pressure and disappearance of the interatrial shunt with sildenafil treatment in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension with atrial septal aneurysm and a severe right to left shunt through the patent foramen ovale.

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