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Open Access
01-12-2012 | Oral presentation
PINOT NOIR: Pulmonic INsufficiency imprOvemenT with Nitric Oxide Inhalational Response
Authors:
Stephen Hart, Ganesh Devendra, Yuli Y Kim, Scott D Flamm, Sagar Kalahasti, Janine Arruda, Esteban Walker, Thananya Boonyasiranant, Michael Bolen, Randolph M Setser, Richard Krasuski
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2012
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Excerpt
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair and pulmonary valvotomy for pulmonary stenosis (PS) often lead to progressive pulmonary insufficiency (PI), right ventricular enlargement and dysfunction. This study assessed whether the pulmonary regurgitant fraction measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) could be reduced by a selective pulmonary vasodilator. …