Drug for erectile dysfunction improves heart function in young heart-disease patients

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia...

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