RAPID RECURRENCE OF PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING CESSATION OF NIFEDIPINE

Authors
GALLAGHER MM HART CM VAUGHAN CJ FENNELL WH
Citation
Mm. Gallagher et al., RAPID RECURRENCE OF PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING CESSATION OF NIFEDIPINE, Postgraduate medical journal, 74(868), 1998, pp. 111-112
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
74
Issue
868
Year of publication
1998
Pages
111 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1998)74:868<111:RROPFC>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
In a young woman with primary pulmonary hypertension, treatment with l ow-dose nifedipine resulted in resolution of symptoms and of tricuspid regurgitation. On withdrawal of nifedipine, symptomatic pulmonary hyp ertension recurred within 48 hours and was controlled by reintroductio n of low-dose nifedipine.