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Chronic Outpatient Sildenafil Therapy For Pulmonary Hypertension In A Child After Cardiac Surgery, Chad A. Knoderer, E. S. Ebenroth, J. W. Brown Jan 2005

Chronic Outpatient Sildenafil Therapy For Pulmonary Hypertension In A Child After Cardiac Surgery, Chad A. Knoderer, E. S. Ebenroth, J. W. Brown

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We report the case of a 14-month-old male with d-transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary hypertension successfully treated with long-term sildenafil following cardiac surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of long-term sildenafil treatment in a child after corrective cardiac surgery.