BENEFICIAL HEMODYNAMIC-EFFECTS OF ORAL PROSTACYCLIN (PGI(2)) ANALOG, BERAPROST SODIUM, ON A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION - ACASE-REPORT

A 65-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of exertional dyspnea in 1987. A diagnosis of primary pulmonary hypertension was co nfirmed by right heart catheterization. She had received conventional therapy in the outpatient clinic. She was readmitted with the deterior ation of exertional dyspnea in 1995. Stabilization of pulmonary hemody namics, while not achieved with conventional therapy, was achieved wit h additive administration of an oral prostacyclin (PGI(2)) analogue, b eraprost sodium.