Sildenafil for Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Valvular Disease

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of the mid-term treatment with sildenafil in patients with persistent moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) after a heart valve intervention.

Timeline

Start

2009-04

Primary completion

2016-07

Completion

2016-07

Publications

• Bermejo J, Gonzalez-Mansilla A, Mombiela T, Fernandez AI, Martinez-Legazpi P, Yotti R, Garcia-Orta R, Sanchez-Fernandez PL, Castano M, Segovia-Cubero J, Escribano-Subias P, Alberto San Roman J, Borras X, Alonso-Gomez A, Botas J, Crespo-Leiro MG, Velasco S, Bayes-Genis A, Lopez A, Munoz-Aguilera R, Jimenez-Navarro M, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Evangelista A, Elizaga J, Martin-Moreiras J, Gonzalez-Santos JM, Moreno-Escobar E, Fernandez-Aviles F; SIOVAC ("Sildenafil for Improving Outcomes after VAlvular Correction") Investigators. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Corrected Valvular Heart Disease: Hemodynamic Insights and Long-Term Survival. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Jan 19;10(2):e019949. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019949. Epub 2021 Jan 5.
• Bermejo J, Yotti R, Garcia-Orta R, Sanchez-Fernandez PL, Castano M, Segovia-Cubero J, Escribano-Subias P, San Roman JA, Borras X, Alonso-Gomez A, Botas J, Crespo-Leiro MG, Velasco S, Bayes-Genis A, Lopez A, Munoz-Aguilera R, de Teresa E, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Evangelista A, Mombiela T, Gonzalez-Mansilla A, Elizaga J, Martin-Moreiras J, Gonzalez-Santos JM, Moreno-Escobar E, Fernandez-Aviles F; Sildenafil for Improving Outcomes after VAlvular Correction (SIOVAC) investigators. Sildenafil for improving outcomes in patients with corrected valvular heart disease and persistent pulmonary hypertension: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized clinical trial. Eur Heart J. 2018 Apr 14;39(15):1255-1264. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx700.

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