Giant Fold Gastritis Induced by Epoprostenol Infusion in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hideaki Yoshino; Masaharu Kataoka; Takumi Inami; Tomohiro Chiba; Toru Satoh; Yohei Miura
- Source
- Circulation Journal. 2018, 82(10):2676
- Subject
- Epoprostenol
Giant fold gastritis
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Stomach barium examination
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1346-9843
1347-4820
Methods and Results: The study group of 12 patients treated with epoprostenol (epoprostenol group) and 4 patients without epoprostenol (control group) underwent stomach barium examination, which revealed that the prevalence of giant fold gastritis was significantly higher in the patients treated with epoprostenol (75% in epoprostenol group vs. 0% in control group; P=0.019).