Pulmonary arterial hypertension has a poor prognosis quoad vitam et valitudinem. Herein, we report on a middle-aged woman affected by idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension whose quality of life and exercise tolerance improved remarkably after a six-month course of treatment with the long-acting phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor tadalafil.

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