Sitaxentan-related acute liver failure in a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Eur Respir J. 2011 Feb;37(2):472-4. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00091610.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / diagnosis*
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / pathology
  • Contraindications
  • Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists
  • Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Isoxazoles / administration & dosage
  • Isoxazoles / adverse effects*
  • Jaundice / chemically induced
  • Liver Failure, Acute / chemically induced*
  • Liver Failure, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Liver Failure, Acute / pathology
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use
  • Purines / therapeutic use
  • Sildenafil Citrate
  • Sulfones / therapeutic use
  • Thiophenes / administration & dosage
  • Thiophenes / adverse effects*
  • Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists
  • Isoxazoles
  • Piperazines
  • Purines
  • Sulfones
  • Thiophenes
  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Sildenafil Citrate
  • sitaxsentan