The efficacy and safety of sildenafil in Chinese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Published in Hypertens Res on July 31, 2009

Authors

Xi-Qi Xu1, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Jin-Hu Zhang, Yan Wu, Yong Wang, Xin Jiang, Zhi-Xing Wang, Yin-Guang Sun, Jie-Lin Pu, Yue-Jin Yang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School, Shanghai, China.

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