Low incidence of catheter-related complications in patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension undergoing continuous epoprostenol infusion

Chest. 2012 Jan;141(1):272-273. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-1893.

Authors

Toshiyuki Nagai¹, Shun Kohsaka², Toshihisa Anzai¹, Tsutomu Yoshikawa¹, Keiichi Fukuda¹, Toru Sato³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan.
² Division of Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: shun.kohsaka@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Second Department Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 22215838
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1893

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antihypertensive Agents / administration & dosage
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology*
Catheter-Related Infections / etiology
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Epoprostenol / administration & dosage*
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
Incidence
Infusions, Intravenous
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Time Factors

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents
Epoprostenol