Left bronchial compression and pulmonary hypertension related to anomalous right pulmonary artery.
Cardiol Young
; 26(5): 999-1001, 2016 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-26898218
Anomalous origin of a pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a congenital defect that can be complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension, typically due to vascular disease if the anomaly is left uncorrected past 6 months of age. We describe a unique case of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension with this defect in a 1-month-old infant unexpectedly caused instead by bronchial compression from her dilated left pulmonary artery.
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Assunto principal:
Aorta
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Artéria Pulmonar
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Broncopatias
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Malformações Vasculares
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Hipertensão Pulmonar
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article