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

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

After treatment with sildenafil, heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation. Sildenafil is a drug commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension.

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