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Sildenafil to Facilitate Weaning From Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Mechanical Ventilation in a Patient With Severe Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension and a Patent Foramen Ovale

Shlomo Elias, Sigal Sviri, Efrat Orenbuch-Harroch, Yakov Fellig, Arie Ben-Yehuda, Zvi G Fridlender, Dan Gilon and Abed Bayya
Respiratory Care October 2011, 56 (10) 1611-1613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.01147
Shlomo Elias
Department of Medicine;
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Yakov Fellig
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Dan Gilon
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Respiratory Care Oct 2011, 56 (10) 1611-1613; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01147
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