Treatment of pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension: A focus on the NO-sGC-cGMP pathway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is rare in infants and children, it results in substantial morbidity and mortality. In recent years, prognosis has improved, coinciding with the introduction of new PAH-targeted therapies, although much of their use in children is off-label. Evidence to guide the treatment of children with PAH is less extensive than for adults. The goal of this review is to discuss the treatment recommendations for children with PAH, as well as the evidence supporting the use of prostanoids, endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs), and phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) in this setting.

Data sources

Nonsystematic PubMed literature search and authors' expertise.

Study selection

Articles were selected concentrating on the nit

SUBMITTER: Beghetti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771736 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature