Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2017 May 8;11:871–885. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S133288

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2017 Gao et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited

The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.

PMC Copyright notice

Pooled WMD and 95% CIs determined by network meta-analysis for mean pulmonary artery pressure of targeted drugs (A) or oral targeted drugs (B) for PAH. Pooled WMD and 95% CIs determined by network meta-analysis for pulmonary vascular resistance of targeted drugs (C) or oral targeted drugs (D) for PAH.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ERAs, endothelin receptor antagonists; mPAP, mean pulmonary artery pressure; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PDE-5Is, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; sGCS, soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator; WMD, weighted mean difference.

Pooled WMD and 95% CIs determined by network meta-analysis for mean pulmonary artery pressure of targeted drugs (A) or oral targeted drugs (B) for PAH. Pooled WMD and 95% CIs determined by network meta-analysis for pulmonary vascular resistance of targeted drugs (C) or oral targeted drugs (D) for PAH.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ERAs, endothelin receptor antagonists; mPAP, mean pulmonary artery pressure; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PDE-5Is, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; sGCS, soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator; WMD, weighted mean difference.