TY - JOUR
T1 - Glucocorticoids for treating paediatric pulmonary hypertension
T2 - A novel use for a common medication
AU - Aggarwal, Manish
AU - Grady, Ronald Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Laboratory investigations have shown the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension and improvement after anti-inflammatory drugs. Despite these observations, reports on the use of steroids to treat pulmonary hypertension in humans are absent from the literature. In this article, we report the use of glucocorticoids in the treatment of two children with pulmonary hypertension, demonstrating its potential utility.
AB - Laboratory investigations have shown the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension and improvement after anti-inflammatory drugs. Despite these observations, reports on the use of steroids to treat pulmonary hypertension in humans are absent from the literature. In this article, we report the use of glucocorticoids in the treatment of two children with pulmonary hypertension, demonstrating its potential utility.
KW - Pulmonary hypertension
KW - glucocorticoids
KW - inflammation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019195966&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1047951117000464
DO - 10.1017/S1047951117000464
M3 - Article
C2 - 28506331
AN - SCOPUS:85019195966
SN - 1047-9511
VL - 27
SP - 1410
EP - 1412
JO - Cardiology in the young
JF - Cardiology in the young
IS - 7
ER -