Acute Hemodynamic Effect of Acetazolamide in Pulmonary Hypertension

Summary

To study the acute effect of acetazolamide (AZA) on pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) undergoing clinically indicated right heart catheterisation (RHC).

Timeline

Start

2017-01-01

Primary completion

2019-04-05

Completion

2019-04-05

Publications

• Duknic M, Lichtblau M, Saxer S, Berlier C, Schneider SR, Schwarz EI, Carta AF, Furian M, Bloch KE, Ulrich S. Comparison of Repetitive Cardiac Output Measurements at Rest and End-Exercise by Direct Fick Using Pulse Oximetry vs. Blood Gases in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 23;8:776956. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.776956. eCollection 2021.

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