Case Reports
December 30, 2013
Vol. 80 No. 4 (2013): Cardiac Series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2013.23

Sildenafil improves clinical and functional status of an elderly postmenopausal female with ‘out of proportion’ PH associated with left heart disease

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Sildenafil, pulmonary hypertension, left heart failure, diastolic heart failure.
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Michele Correale
opsfco@tin.it
Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Antonio Totaro
Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Armando Ferraretti
Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Matteo Di Biase
Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Natale Daniele Brunetti
Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
We report a case of an elderly woman with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and pulmonary hypertension (HFpEF-PH), refractory to conventional therapy for left heart failure and successfully treated by sildenafil.

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“Sildenafil Improves Clinical and Functional Status of an Elderly Postmenopausal Female With ‘out of proportion’ PH Associated With Left Heart Disease”. 2013. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 80 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2013.23.