NEONATAL PULMONARY VASCULAR-DISEASE IN HYPOPLASTIC LEFT-HEART SYNDROME

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作者
BRANN, S [1 ]
BRAWN, WJ [1 ]
RAAFAT, F [1 ]
SREERAM, N [1 ]
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[1] CHILDRENS HOSP, HEART UNIT, BIRMINGHAM B16 8ET, W MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
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10.1016/0003-4975(95)00038-M
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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A term neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome underwent surgical palliation using the Norwood procedure on day 2 of life. The postoperative course was complicated by recurrent systemic desaturation leading to death. Postmortem histologic examination of lung tissue confirmed the clinical impression of fixed pulmonary vascular disease. Some neonates with a restrictive interatrial communication may have pulmonary vascular disease at birth, which will negatively influence survival irrespective of the type of palliation undertaken.
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