Riociguat for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension: a phase II study.

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Published in Eur Respir J on June 07, 2010

Authors

H A Ghofrani1, M M Hoeper, M Halank, F J Meyer, G Staehler, J Behr, R Ewert, G Weimann, F Grimminger

Author Affiliations

1: Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical Clinic II/V, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany. ardeschir.ghofrani@innere.med.uni-giessen.de

Associated clinical trials:

An Open Multiple Dose Titration Study In Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension | NCT00454558

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