Sildenafil Citrate

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

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

Drug may still be present in emergent surgery.