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Open Access 01-12-2007 | Case report
Acute hemodynamic effect of inhaled iloprost in pulmonary artery hypertension evaluated with echocardiography
Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound | Issue 1/2007
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Doppler echocardiography is useful in the initial evaluation and long-term follow-up of patients with pulmonary artery hypertension. Aerosolised iloprost has been shown to reduce pulmonary pressure immediately after inhalation. We report the echocardiographic findings in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, before and after the inhalation of aerosolized iloprost. These findings illustrate the acute influence of iloprost in right and left ventricular hemodynamics and morphology. These findings were reproduced in subsequent echocardiographic evaluations.