TY - JOUR
T1 - Stenosis of pulmonary veins with ventricular septal defect. A cause ofpremature pulmonary hypertension in infancy
AU - Presbitero, Patrizia
AU - Bull, Catherine
AU - Macartney, Fergus J.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Two infants with pulmonary hypertension resulting from unilateral pulmonary vein. stenosis and ventricular septal defect are reported. Treatment implies the closure of the ventricular septal defect which contributes per se to the development of pulmonary hypertension, but relief of the pulmonary vein obstruction is not always feasible, and postoperative problems may result.
AB - Two infants with pulmonary hypertension resulting from unilateral pulmonary vein. stenosis and ventricular septal defect are reported. Treatment implies the closure of the ventricular septal defect which contributes per se to the development of pulmonary hypertension, but relief of the pulmonary vein obstruction is not always feasible, and postoperative problems may result.
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U2 - 10.1136/hrt.49.6.600
DO - 10.1136/hrt.49.6.600
M3 - Article
C2 - 6849719
AN - SCOPUS:0020586831
VL - 49
SP - 600
EP - 603
JO - Heart
JF - Heart
SN - 1355-6037
IS - 6
ER -