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Ambrisentan for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Ambrisentan is an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) that was recently approved for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor with mitogenic, hypertrophic and pro-inflammatory properties that is upregulated in pulmonary hypertensive diseases. T...

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Autores principales: Casserly, Brian, Klinger, James R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19920913