Sildenafil, usually a well-tolerated drug traditionally used for erectile dysfunction (ED), was recently approved for pulmonary arterial hypertension. In the literature, there are few cases of hemoptysis following sildenafil use for ED; however, to our knowledge, we are reporting the first case of hemoptysis following sildenafil use for pulmonary hypertension. We are documenting a case of a 90-year-old male patient who was admitted to the intensive care unit with hemoptysis and respiratory failure two weeks after he was started on sildenafil.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-15622 |
| Date | 01 January 2013 |
| Creators | Nour, Souheil M.Abdel, Nour, Holly Abdel, Mehta, Jay B., Roy, Thomas M., Byrd, Ryland P. |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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