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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After 2 weeks of treatment with lipo-PGE1 (10 microg bid for 14 days), there were significant improvements in the values (+ / - SD) for systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (SPAP) [76. 9 + / - 27. 9 mm Hg vs 66. 5 + / - 22. 8 mm Hg, p < 0. 001] ; total pulmonary resistance (27. 2 + / - 13. 3 dyne. s. cm (-5) vs 20. 2 + / - 10. 7 dyne. s. cm (-5), p < 0. 001) ; left ventricular ejection fraction (58. 7 + / - 9. 6 % vs 64. 4 + / - 6. 8 %, p < 0. 001) ; and cardiac output (3. 1 + / - 0. 8 L/min vs 3. 7 + / - 1. 1 L/min, p < 0. 01).