The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 85-91 , January 2010

Bosentan as a bridge to pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

  • Herre J. Reesink, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Sulaiman Surie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jaap J. Kloek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Hanno L. Tan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Robert Tepaske, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine of the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Peter F. Fedullo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Repiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif
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  • Paul Bresser, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: P. Bresser, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pulmonology, F5-144, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 23 March 2009 ,Accepted 29 March 2009.

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 Disclosures: H.J.R. and S.S. received a nonrestricted research grant from Actelion Pharmaceuticals BV, Woerden, The Netherlands.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00513-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.053

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 85-91 , January 2010