Imatinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 29;353(13):1412-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc051946.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Benzamides
  • Exercise Tolerance / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Vascular Resistance / drug effects

Substances

  • Benzamides
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • protein kinase modulator
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor