Sildenafil Citrate


Uses

  • Treatment of erectile dysfunction (Viagra)

  • Sildenafil (Revatio) is used to improve the ability to exercise in people with pulm arterial Htn

  • Oral sildenafil is used as part of multimodal management of severe periop pulm Htn and right ventricular dysfunction in clinical settings such as:

    • Heart transplantation

    • Pulm Htn associated with CHD

    • Pulm Htn associated with mitral valve disease

Perioperative Risks

  • None for elective surgery based on the half-life of sildenafil.

  • Drug may still be present in emergent surgery.

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