Methods of treating patients having hypoxic respiratory failure associated with clinical or echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary hypertension

摘要

The present invention provides a method of identifying a patient population suited to receiving nitric oxide by inhalation, for reducing the risk or preventing the occurrence of an adverse event or serious adverse event associated with the inhalation of nitric oxide treatment. Nitric oxide is not administered to patients identified as having pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction. The present invention also provides nitric oxide for use in a method of therapy, wherein the method comprises administering inhalation of nitric oxide only if the patient does not have pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction.